Re: [Ldsoss] Mailing list topics

2006-06-22 Thread Shane Hathaway
Justin R Findlay wrote: Deciding on a prefered language/platform cannot be just a judgement of technical merit. It is after all a preference. I prefer perl because it's very mature, flexible, and has a vast compliment of libraries and is also ubiquitous. Life would be a lot easier (at least

Re: [Ldsoss] Mailing list topics

2006-06-22 Thread Jon D.
Way offtopic, but... --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: P.P.S. Python is terrestrial. We don't have a celestial language, no, not even Lisp. I'm pretty sure Java is OD... humor I hate to break it to you but Perl is as good as it gets, buddy. Look at the side binding of your quad. It's right

Re: [Ldsoss] Mailing list topics

2006-06-22 Thread Justin R Findlay
On Thu, Jun 22, 2006 at 12:30:00AM -0600, Shane Hathaway wrote: P.P.S. Python is terrestrial. We don't have a celestial language, no, not even Lisp. I'm pretty sure Java is OD... http://plug.org/pipermail/plug/2006-January/019126.html Justin ___

Re: [Ldsoss] Mailing list topics

2006-06-22 Thread Clint Checketts
Justin, you just made my day. Now I know why I like Ruby so much. (Of course having to learn COBOL at the moment also has emphasized Ruby's elegance)-ClintOn 6/22/06, Justin R Findlay [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu, Jun 22, 2006 at 12:30:00AM -0600, Shane Hathaway wrote: P.P.S. Python is

Re: [Ldsoss] Mailing list topics

2006-06-22 Thread Dan Hanks
On Thu, 22 Jun 2006, Shane Hathaway wrote: P.P.S. Python is terrestrial. We don't have a celestial language, no, not even Lisp. I'm pretty sure Java is OD... Nothing celestial yet, but Perl 6 is just around the corner, and from what I've seen so far, promises to be heavenly :-). ;-P

Re: [Ldsoss] Advancement tracker

2006-06-22 Thread Tom Welch
A. Rick Anderson wrote: Tom Welch wrote: We could use the JPF (Java Plug-in Frameowkr found at http://jpf.sourceforge.net) for an arcitecture to allow us to make this system more modular. I am not seeing where scout tracking would need plug-in capability. Given the fact that the BSA