From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 27918 invoked by alias); 20 Nov 2003 03:05:52 -0000 Mailing-List: contact xconq7-help@sources.redhat.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: xconq7-owner@sources.redhat.com Received: (qmail 27910 invoked from network); 20 Nov 2003 03:05:52 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO mta2.adelphia.net) (68.168.78.178) by sources.redhat.com with SMTP; 20 Nov 2003 03:05:52 -0000 Received: from Win2k ([68.169.251.17]) by mta2.adelphia.net (InterMail vM.5.01.06.05 201-253-122-130-105-20030824) with ESMTP id <20031120030554.DBNR1433.mta2.adelphia.net@Win2k>; Wed, 19 Nov 2003 22:05:54 -0500 From: "Erik Jessen" To: , Subject: RE: OT Python stuff (was RE: Python in Xconq) Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2003 03:10:00 -0000 Message-ID: <000a01c3af14$4a8e6ac0$6401a8c0@Win2k> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal In-Reply-To: <20031119153130.GM387@adlp.org> Importance: Normal X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1165 X-SW-Source: 2003/txt/msg00824.txt.bz2 Bruno, I'm trying to be flexible here - I personally know Perl, and it has lots of libs, but it's better to have any scripting language, than fight over which one is perfect (which is usually a religious war). Erik -----Original Message----- From: xconq7-owner@sources.redhat.com [mailto:xconq7-owner@sources.redhat.com] On Behalf Of Bruno Boettcher Sent: Wednesday, November 19, 2003 7:32 AM To: xconq7@sources.redhat.com Subject: Re: OT Python stuff (was RE: Python in Xconq) On Wed, Nov 19, 2003 at 07:14:26AM -0800, Erik Jessen wrote: > @files = Find(); yup :D :D > Seriously, any OO language is preferred (IMHO), because it will be more > maintainable (C++?). uhm uhm perl is gettin OO'ish ;) and its not the language that causes most problems but the programmers and their lack of discipline, that's why you get the impression that more restrictive languages are easier mantained, but its an impression.... i have a C++ project to take over and its utter horror.... a perfect example of commercially produced 'high efficiency' and 'professional' piece of software.... > And a scripting language is seriously preferred, because it will permit > so much more stuff. yah :D > If we add a scripting language, then I would submit that we write a > simple porting script to convert GDL to that language, and drop GDL. > IMHO, GDL is just a way to fill in data-structures, and any language can > do that. oh? that sounds like a nice idea? > A nice GUI-builder (anything well-known & portable like TCL) would be > very useful, because the scripting language could then create new popups > as needed, and if we're aiming for flexibility, then people who do > political games are going to have lots of popups saying "Country X has > proposed trading 3 steel, 4 oil and 5 herds of cattle, in return for a > peace treaty. > What is your answer?". uhm perl-gtk, perl-tk? -- ciao bboett ============================================================== bboett@adlp.org http://inforezo.u-strasbg.fr/~bboett ===============================================================