>----Messaggio originale----
>Da: [email protected]
>Data: 08/02/2010 18.14
>
>The whole thing is not written that way. No offense, but IMHO you can
>just forget about this "ideal IT" worlds view here. Michal pointed out,
>already, that ChessX considered that way to go in the beginning, but
>gave up on it.
I don't agree with you, but i just want to make myself clear.
I know that most functionalities are written in tcl and i looked at ChessX
code a few month ago (well written code). But i refuse the "ideal IT worlds"
definition.
It's not an aesthetic or philosophical question.
It's a matter of future development.
What's the future of scid ten years from now? Still stuck with tcl/tk? Or no
more developed?
What's the problem with writing the new code in a more encapsulated and
reusable way?
The core function of scid is the database management.
What's the problem if one would like to have a different GUI that simply opens
scid's database to search and display games? Ok, he would not have many
functions of the tk/tcl version, but, again, what's the problem?
ChessX take a very different approach: rewrite all the code, and that is a
monumental work.
But i don't think would be wise to rewrite neither c code neither tcl/tk code.
What i think is that adding an interface that structure and encapsulate the
actual code would be a good thing:
- new code can be written in a more reusable way.
- less side effects (i love scid, but anytime i change some code it produces
weirds behaviors on other parts of the code)
- different GUIs can be written in different languages to fit different needs
and tastes.
- existing programs can decide to read and write scid's databases.
- a server version of scid can be written.
And i can't see any drawbacks.
Bye, Fulvio
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