On 07.02.2010, at 03:25, Constantine Vetoshev wrote: > I stopped using Python and Ruby and Perl partly because the packaging > situation for all those languages is a horrible mess. For example, if
I agree. It's not just packaging, even providing sufficiently general installation scripts is a difficult task. Even with the help of tools like autoconf, figuring out what is installed and what needs to be added is far from trivial. Add to this the unfortunate but undeniable existence of incorrect or incomplete software installations on many machines. It's a real pain. I distribute a couple of scientific computing software packages, mostly written in Python but all with some C code in them and some external dependencies. A large part of technical support questions is about installation problems. > In short, I think that the Java and Clojure way of packaging software > make life much easier for programmers, package maintainers, and > administrators, not harder. Making applications self-contained helps I have no experience with this yet, but one reason for looking into the JVM has been the hope for a simpler deployment scheme. Konrad. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with your first post. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en
