Question for GCC programmers

[Paul Gear]

On 11/10/10 11:16, Matthew Hannigan wrote:
> ...
> Raw mode has been a problem in Java for about forever (1996)
> http://bugs.sun.com/bugdatabase/view_bug.do?bug_id=4008589
> http://bugs.sun.com/bugdatabase/view_bug.do?bug_id=4008589
> http://bugs.sun.com/view_bug.do?bug_id=6351276
>
> I think Python is the (better) answer.
>
> But this feature IS hard to do cross-platform, because the underlying
> model differs so much.
>   
I must admit that when i suggested this, the solution i had in mind was
not putting the terminal in raw mode, but rather a GUI app.  For this
particular problem, Python would be a better choice than Java, given the
bugs Matt pointed out.  (And i say this as an avowed Python-hater. ;-) )

Paul

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