Only a Lisp bigot would call it an elegant language. Gonz wrote: > On 1/26/07, Boris Liberman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Robert, there is a program called Wega. It is a viewer actually. >> >> > > Sounds interesting, I'll check into it. > > >> As for statistics and the other stuff you suggested - it does more or >> less just that. >> >> > > The statistics part I suggested was more or less a benefit of > collecting the data, the real functionality was basically what others > had suggested, I.e. finding, sorting, viewing the images. Statistics > would be interesting, but by itself might be very limited in utility. > > >> I accept your opinion about software engineering here. My proposal about >> Java was directed more or less towards the same goal. >> >> > > Oh dont get me wrong. I think Java is a great prototyping language > for the kind of project he is attempting. It has lots of stuff built > in (like garbage collecting), and there are lots of useful libraries > and utilities out there for him to tap into. Myself, I'm a Lisp > bigot, it was the second language I learned after BASIC, and I had to > unlearn all the ugly things about BASIC that made it hard to use an > elegant language like Lisp. > > >> Boris >> >> >> Gonz wrote: >> >>> You didnt specify what level of effort you are talking about. 3 man >>> months, 6 man months, a man year? Also the expectations. Is this a >>> single course project, Bachelor's thesis, Masters? >>> >>> With all due respect to others who have gotten into a discussion of the >>> merits of portability, language features, etc. I would not even worry >>> right now about these aspects. Assuming a Bachelor's thesis, 3 man month >>> level of effort, I would just go with the language that gets you from A >>> to Z the quickest. If you are thinking commercialization later on, >>> re-write it in the appropriate language (probably C++). If you are >>> thinking that it would be useful to you and to others, then the quickie >>> language is still the best. >>> >>> As to suggestions, the EXIF database sounds like a very decent >>> suggestion. I.e. show me thumbs of all the pics I have taken with my >>> FA85 1.4. That would be cool. Or gather statistics. What is the >>> distribution of pics I took at each ISO (this was a recent discussion on >>> this mail list). >>> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> PDML@pdml.net >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> >> > >
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