-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 13-03-20 02:40 PM, Jonathan Meek wrote: > Am I wrong in assuming the eventual goal is mitigating python > (which is inefficient) in favor of an all Qt-based Ubuntu that uses > javascript (also inefficient but has far more developers) or C++ > for basic apps?
Errrm.... Javascript isn't "also inefficient". Qml is using V8 engine, which is quite a bit more performant than the Python VM (take your pick of benchmarks, they're all on the google). > And I've had a dev hint at the idea that the new toolkit will > eventually work for desktop apps as well. (I'm deliberately trying > to make that statement more obtuse just in case what *I* thought he > said isn't what he meant.) Yeah, and I heard some african guy mention something about a phone, too. > This isn't to say that python won't be supported, but I would > assume things like python will be relegated to second-party status > as the toolkit shapes up and becomes more robust? Yes, Python is falling out of favor for performance reasons. But the issue being asked about here isn't that python is "second-party", it's that python is "no-party". It's currently *not even possible* to write a phone app in python. Of course, python is *on* the phone (convergence!) but currently it's only possible to write non-graphical applications with it. So you can use it for system daemons, but not for graphical apps. This is kind of a strange reversal, because historically you want to write your system daemons in a more performant language, and leave python for the easy job of gluing UI widgets together. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.12 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with undefined - http://www.enigmail.net/ iQIcBAEBAgAGBQJRSjFWAAoJEMnVpoCaWglEW8cQAJMDSOEr5LLz5ddshPCxs241 bxQG0cIbi8EQPQDrEd9RCPXOcqIZC0Eglu9DS/s4fCP+uGI0btEqjw9V/7LCrRNb 9YnAvU5VDQ8mUawAfbB94H/7OrrLrTDBh0L8s8QqfkSSq1ibyprUq3hzlK2Yr2EM QLIsmOFJqbilkhYM+IWPEqCKMWE0wASXp5vu/cwsUwPFfZBWym98YvzNRX95EiQv 5yP+LXvR9p4UmsItYcYpGq92pe9XcR+dNNtFce+C8mhyJwFCXaaxxnAZEtNXImUq gfjjeIcwiqnYI4PioltLYAnPrpoA4+971UGlyoKOAFVzVHnGNQH9ggVGn41U7sEF j2eVoiGHVLBefULAGmUdOCqZ8HgdG23kQrQEGKq6e6pPOFFBhe2z+HzNXi4QTizd iNYBSZ1s84+nYYnHY/D6UdmKnKpTp/tWnOtzoKSrxvSLe3pf4M3PWqf+iz8wIW8W WlIcCv7BHJ5+Ac+WeovblHeQPgM6D0F2VU1+oJ5A+xFibP0+wEkE4CxI+HenKjG/ /FLEHN6K/5TfkBMqObzHgttyaj9gameEHaWCHu9bLnBxvtrDZhxb0hpDiRK2HONw UxEGw3tUV5fZg8qy3L8NTXJJhzblFLEDwtf5jeNQF4E8/FZdmPnihM1iMhAMhwFW V9gs9v6MEdQ7s7DnyK8U =yiWb -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-phone Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-phone More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
