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On Saturday 07 October 2006 19:42, Aaron J. Seigo wrote:
> On Saturday 07 October 2006 9:06, Andras Mantia wrote:
> > languages. For (a completely made up) example, I would oppose
> > having the clock applet for kicker written in Ruby/Python, but I
> > don't oppose
>
> why? have you looked at styleclock?=20

No, this was *really* an example I cam up from nowhere. But it seems I=20
hit the nail on the head. ;-)

> it is a c++ "shim" that loads kjs=20
> and renders clocks written in js.

I don't know, but I really doubt that kjs or anything can be as fast as=20
correctly written compiled code. The fact that the current C++ code for=20
the clock might be far from optimal, is another question.
Still we both talk into the air before doing actual measurements. Where=20
is this styleclock available (and what language it was written in, for=20
which KDE version)?

> i don't think it's too much to ask for kjs or qsa. they are both
> lightweight and at least kjs is already in use on your desktop if you
> use konqi.=20

Is KJS the same code that renders javascript inside pages? If yes, its=20
used, but only when web browsing certain pages. Sure, KDE user should=20
always have a Konqueror window open and they should use it as their=20
browser, so you have a point here. ;-)

> i do agree that it is good to keep the basic desktop as thin as
> possible. to prevent scope creep by the compiled language bigots, i'd
> suggest that a good definition of "basic desktop functionality" would
> be required to make this a useful metric. and that's not as easy as
> it might sound ;)

I know, but let's say what is in kdelibs and kdebase is the "basic=20
desktop functionality". I don't mind application or plugins (eg. in=20
kdeaddons) in any scripting language.

Andras

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Quanta Plus developer - http://quanta.kdewebdev.org
K Desktop Environment - http://www.kde.org

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