hah, that's just mean! language wars! Zisu Andrei
On 21 March 2013 00:36, Henry Gomersall <[email protected]> wrote: > On Thu, 2013-03-21 at 00:20 +0200, Zisu Andrei wrote: > > And I've had a dev hint at the idea that the new toolkit will > > eventually work for desktop apps as well. > > > > > > The whole idea of Ubuntu 14.04 is convergence. And I don't think it > > will be just merging the current Unity with uTouch, from what I see, > > it wil basically be about making uTouch work on desktop. > > > > > > Errrm.... Javascript isn't "also inefficient". Qml is using V8 > > engine, > > which is quite a bit more performant than the Python VM > > V8 can be sometimes a memory monster, which is, I guess, where it gets > > his speed from. But not enough that it would be alarming. Still, it > > makes it so easy to create memory leaks! > > > > > > I truly hate python, but really love javascript. It allows so much > > more freedom in development (which is exactly what the Netscape guys > > indended back then), getting out of the way when needed. I find the > > js/C++ mix really good as you get best of both worlds: js gets out of > > your way when you want to develop and, if need arises, you have a > > stronger C++ keeping your back. > > I truly hate javascript, but really love python. It allows so much more > freedom in development (which is exactly what Guido intended back then), > getting out of the way when needed. I find the Python/C++ mix really > good as you get best of both worlds: Python gets out of your way when > you want to develop and, if need arises, you have a stronger C++ keeping > your back. > > hen > >
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