On 1/26/07, P. J. Alling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Only a Lisp bigot would call it an elegant language. >
Its IMO one of the truly unique and elegant languages with elegant roots. The data = program paradigm is one of the concepts it introduced and its too bad that it wasnt adopted by other languages, i.e. lambda is beautiful. > 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 > >> [email protected] > >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > >> > >> > > > > > > > -- > -- > > The more I know of men, the more I like my dog. > -- Anne Louise Germaine de Stael > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
