On Mon, 2003-06-02 at 17:27, Ariz Jacinto wrote: > > > Jared Odulio wrote: > > >>If you failed to notice that the results are unchanged, yes. > >> > >> > >> > >>>Again, it's in the stuff you instantiated in the first place. Have I > >>>missed that point? > >>> > >>> > >>You seem to have missed the point about bloat and sluggishness. MUAs > >>written in GTK+/C (Balsa, Cronos II, Paranoy, Spruce, Sylpheed), or > >>FLTK/C++ (Post Office), or WINGS/C (Aileron, YPMail.app), or > >>GNUstep/Obj-C (GNUMail.app), or GTK+/wxWindows/Python (Mahogany), or > >>GTK+/Perl (Pronto, SoapyMailer) are all many times lighter and faster > >>than any of the Java ones. Heck, even the Qt/C++ ones (Aethera, > >>Kiltdown, Liamail) can typically manage a 2-to-3-times improvement. > >> > >> > > > >Well of course they are lighter and faster because all of them are > >native! try porting them in Windows and see if things are still the > >same. > > > > > if you'll be using an emulator or anything similar, Yes the app will be slow > otherwise No coz i've tried porting a linux app to windows (FLTK + ... ) > and the performance is A o.k.
Was it as natural as running Java from the porting phase to execution? I think Java is catching up on that if what we're talking is A o.k. performance...anyway i had my crosshairs on rick..:)) > > > > >But java won't change a bit or very little to be noticed > >regardless of OS. > > > > > correct!, it will still be slow, right? :) Geez, need to upgrade to Java 1.4.1 man...hehehehe. > > let's wait for the machines to mature. :) > > > > -- Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List [EMAIL PROTECTED] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) Official Website: http://plug.linux.org.ph Searchable Archives: http://marc.free.net.ph . To leave, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/plug . Are you a Linux newbie? To join the newbie list, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/ph-linux-newbie
