OT: python use in xfce (was: Re: question to xfce4 4.4 release)

[Stephan Arts]

On 4/19/06, Brian J. Tarricone <bjt23 at cornell.edu> wrote:
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> Benedikt Meurer wrote:
> > Aaron wrote:
> >> ahh, you might want to let the rest of the core developers know that.
> >> seems to be alot of python prejudice in #xfce... its kind of ammusing
> >> :-D
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> > You know that #xfce != core developers, do you?
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> Heh, indeed, considering that you (Benny), Olivier, and I am never in
> there these days, and since Jasper hasn't been around much lately he's
> not there either.
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> For the record, though, I'm not a big fan of Python.  This isn't the
> place for such a discussion, however.
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> At any rate, rewriting an app in Python where the goal is to be small,
> fast, and -- here's the key -- start up quickly seems kinda pointless to me.
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>         -brian

I totally agree, same goes for any other interpreter language. IMHO
python / ruby / perl are only good for quick-'n-dirty stuff and
prototyping. If you want a more rigid solution, you end up with c, c++
(or ada) any day of the week.

just my 2 cents

Stephan