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List:       kde-core-devel
Subject:    Re: Using scripting languages for KDE4 main modules
From:       Alfredo Beaumont <alfredo.beaumont () gmail ! com>
Date:       2006-10-10 10:26:57
Message-ID: 200610101226.57627.alfredo.beaumont () gmail ! com
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Astelehena 09 Urria 2006 19:20(e)an, Aaron J. Seigo(e)k idatzi zuen:
> On Sunday 08 October 2006 2:23, Alfredo Beaumont wrote:
> > compared to what we want to offer with KOffice. Basic is not enough for
> > that and we don't want to condemn our users (administrators) to that. As
>
> oh, please don't misunderstand me: i'm certainly -not- suggesting basic
> should be used in koffice. *shudder* i was simply pointing out that real
> world examples show that "simple", lightweight languages that are very
> straightforward do the job well for the majority of people engaged in the
> use case of "making something for me and/or my company".

IMHO, we don't really know whether these simple languages work well, because 
we don't know how well would this have worked with any non-simple language.

I think that emacs/teco is a good example of why "simple", lightweight 
languages do not work well.
-- 
Alfredo Beaumont Sainz
http://www.alfredobeaumont.org/blog.cgi
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