Kubuntu a dist in crisis?

[Steve Lamb]

Chris Jones wrote:
>> This may not be an issue in today's mega-ram, multicore systems, but  
>> what are
>> the differences in resource usages between different languages?

> Interpreted languages like Python etc. will always be less efficient  
> than compiled code. Yes, crappy C/C++ can be slower than well written  
> Python, but if both are well written, C/C++ will always win.

    But that isn't the point.  He's right, in today's mega-ram, multicore
systems there is little to no perceptible difference between compiled and
interpreted.  However, the difference in *developer time* is wildly different.
 If developers want more people to participate in development then they should
fit the language to the sphere in which they are developing.

    That is why I said at the onset that these languages are perfectly suited
for /applications/ and specifically stated that C/C++ idles no faster than an
interpreted language.  Give up less than a factor on run time and/or size to
gain more than several magnitudes of individual developer time as well as
developers?  Yes please!
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         Steve C. Lamb         | But who decides what they dream?
       PGP Key: 8B6E99C5       |   And dream I do...
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