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List:       openmoko-community
Subject:    Re: ASU software - pre-pre-release impressions
From:       "Kevin Dean" <kevin () foreverdean ! info>
Date:       2008-05-19 20:41:56
Message-ID: d834eb860805191341g1805bbc9tfcad22f81df29c88 () mail ! gmail ! com
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On Mon, May 19, 2008 at 4:34 PM, Fredrik Wendt <fredrik@wendt.se> wrote:
> Travis Tabbal <travis@...> writes:
>
>> On Mon, May 19, 2008 at 10:49 AM, Carlo E. Prelz wrote:
>>
>> Those apps are the heart of the phone, and I would not want to have
>> C++/QT versions running on my phone.
>>
>> I really don't understand the sentiment there. If the app works well and gets
> the job done, why does it matter what language it's written in or what widget
> toolkit it uses?
>
> Language DOES matter. We use English on this list. I doubt that 50 % of those
> involved and interested in this wonderful project have English as their mother
> tounge.

Programming language. :) Openmoko's new software stack is language
agnostic. A Python app works cleanly with a C++, for instance.

>
> We're all just interacting with and describing the same physical world, yet
> there are so many different ways to go about it and, basically, people tend to
> not be as fluent in more than one or two languages. Hence, if you want people to
> get up to speed and act "naturally" with as few obstacles as possible in the way
> - then you'll want to choose language(s)/environment used carefully.
>
> My two euro cents.
>
> / Fredrik
>
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