On Friday 30 November 2007 03:29:05 Josh Williams wrote: > On 11/29/07, Alan Thomas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Sorry for the misunderstanding. Honestly, Java would be a great language > > for what wget does. Lots of built-in support for web stuff. However, I > > was kidding about that. wget has a ton of great functionality, and I am > > a reformed C/C++ programmer (or a recent Java convert). But I love using > > wget! > > I vote we stick with C. Java is slower and more prone to environmental > problems.
not really. because of its JIT compiler, Java is often as fast as C/C++, and sometimes even significantly faster. > Wget needs to be as independent as we can possibly make it. > A lot of the systems that wget is used on (including mine) do not even > have Java installed. That would be a HUGE requirement for many people. i totally agree. -- Aequam memento rebus in arduis servare mentem... Mauro Tortonesi http://www.tortonesi.com University of Ferrara - Dept. of Eng. http://www.ing.unife.it GNU Wget - HTTP/FTP file retrieval tool http://www.gnu.org/software/wget Deep Space 6 - IPv6 for Linux http://www.deepspace6.net Ferrara Linux User Group http://www.ferrara.linux.it
