OSNews > Thread > "RE[3]: Just use Python" by Eugenia

Linked by Thom Holwerda on Tue 18th Jul 2006 22:31 UTC, submitted by Tom Magnum

The Mono debate over on the GNOME desktop developer mailing list is heating up again. Philip Van Hoof makes a compelling argument about the need for GNOME decision makers to take into consideration future developers and the over-reliance of C and GObject in GNOME. At what point does a general-purpose, high level framework and runtime become a necessity for GNOME?

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RE[3]: Just use Python

by Eugenia on Tue 18th Jul 2006 23:40 UTC in reply to "RE[2]: Just use Python"

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2005-06-28

Sorry, no. GTK 2.x is slower than 1.2.x, but its apps are not as slow as pygtk apps are. Usually pygtk apps are 3x slower to load.

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RE[4]: Just use Python

by IkeKrull on Tue 18th Jul 2006 23:44 in reply to "RE[3]: Just use Python"

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2006-01-24

You dont think the startup speed issues could be addressed and improved if Python was adopted as a core GNOME component?

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RE[5]: Just use Python

by Eugenia on Tue 18th Jul 2006 23:51 in reply to "RE[4]: Just use Python"

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2005-06-28

Honestly, no. PyGTK is already deemed "stable" and "full featured" right now.

Edited 2006-07-18 23:52

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