From kde-core-devel  Sun Oct 01 10:31:07 2006
From: Thiago Macieira <thiago () kde ! org>
Date: Sun, 01 Oct 2006 10:31:07 +0000
To: kde-core-devel
Subject: Re: Using scripting languages for KDE4 main modules
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Guillaume Laurent wrote:
>However it's clear that a scripting language would be a good thing to
> have. So the only solution I can see is to decide on an "official"

There's a world of difference between a scripting language that allows one=
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to extend an existing application and a scripting language to write a=20
full application on.

=46or the former case, we already have decided on the official language and=
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it's JavaScript. We already have the interpreter in KDELibs (KJS).

=46or the latter case, there's no decision on official language, since ther=
e=20
doesn't have to be. Applications can be written using any binding. But,=20
as this thread has proven, the basic applications must be in C++ so that=20
memory consumption stays low.

> scripting language, which would be included in KDE so that the
> dependency problem would be solved for people writing script-based
> apps. It will annoy people who want to stick to their own favorite
> language, but this is a case where trying to make everyone happy will
> end up with everyone frustrated. The good thing about Gnome is that it
> has served as an attraction point for the
>I-refuse-to-use-any-language-but-my-pet-one population, so I don't think
> the KDE crowd would see the enforcement of a standard scripting
> language as a problem anyway.

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