Opinion: Java, Mono, Ruby, and Python in Linux == Problem?
Derek Broughton
news at pointerstop.ca
Mon Aug 8 17:03:25 UTC 2005
Dick Davies wrote:
> On 08/08/05, Andy Choens <gunksta at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Does everyone run everything on their computers? To me it seems silly
>> to have a Java interpreter, a Python interpreter, and a Mono
>> interpreter running on the same computer at the same time. This seems
>> like a HUGE waste of system resources.
>
> <shrug>
> to me using more than one interpreter or language is no different than
> using different libraries to save having to reinvent the wheel. It's
> all just Qt/GNOME library calls (well, ok, system calls eventually) at
> the end of the day.
>
> Personally I'd say Ruby knocks all others into a cocked hat, but
> If your language has good bindings to the core libraries then use it.
It _should_ all be Java :-) ... but I seem to have to use Python (and of
course Perl) a lot. I _think_ Ruby's installed, but definitely not mono.
They're hardly a waste of resources when they're not doing anything.
--
derek
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