Justin Findlay wrote: > Mono is orders of magnitude faster than JavaScript? Javascript is > implemented in my browser, whereas mono, I assume, must be provided by > an external runtime like java is. You might as well say that a java app > is orders of magnitude than javascript, but in order to fully appreciate > all that java speed traditionally you have to wait for the great java > runtime to lumber into RAM and sit there just to run some client side > webapp.
Actually, if you lay aside the patent minefield issue, and the intellectual issues of playing follow the microsoft leader, Mono and .net on linux is very fast. Startup time for a graphical (GTK) mono program is indistinguishable from the startup of a normal C GTK program (or python, or whatever). So even on a platform where .NET is fairly alien (not integrated like in Windows), it's impact from a user pov is negligible. From a user's pov, Mono apps are fast, and well-integrated. In this sense .NET languages are much better than Java, which is not well-integrated on any platform! And Java's startup time isn't bad these days either, so let's let this old piece of FUD die. I personally am opposed to using .NET and Mono on patent and political grounds (I haven't found anything a conventional desktop app yet that Python wouldn't have been at least as good a fit as C#), technically your arguments don't wash. /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
