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On 21.7.2010 19.55, Fabian Groffen wrote: |
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> On 21-07-2010 19:41:19 +0300, Petteri Räty wrote: |
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>> On 07/21/2010 06:59 PM, Luca Barbato wrote: |
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>>> Anyway it's not so related to the project at hand. Still I wonder why |
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>>> not using a quick language (e.g. ruby, python) for this project if the |
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>>> aim is to have a prototype. C and C++ are useful if you plan to optimize |
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>>> a lot. |
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>> Anltr has two mature backends as far as I know: C and Java. My guess is |
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>> that most of the people wouldn't approve the latter. |
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> If you're prototyping anyway, I prefer Java over Python or Ruby, since |
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> Java is much more close to C in semantics. |
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One of the goals of the second half of the project is to prototype how |
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the integration with package managers will work. Ideally we would like |
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the project to be usable by all package managers and that's kind of hard |
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to do for paludis with Ruby or Python. |
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Regards, |
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Petteri |