On Feb 20, 2006, at 3:08 PM, Theodore H. Smith wrote:
So, let's say one RB shell tool takes 2MB. In C it could be done in
8K.
Now lets say you needed to make 5 of these tools to cooperate with
each other. Lets say in C the total size would be 40KB. With RB,
it's 10MB.
So you get a 10BMB download instead of a 40KB download. And all of
this makes for slow coding.
It's not really the unix way of doing things.
I think this is probably a case where RB *can* make shell tools, but
it would be a poor choice for the types of applications you are
describing. Pretty nice to be able to do it at all, but certainly not
the ideal tool for creating tiny, pipe-able modules. This seems more
appropriate for something like Python.
Hey, I'd love it if one tool did it all, but everything has pros and
cons I guess.
--
Troy
RPSystems, Ltd.
http://www.rpsystems.net
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