On 23/03/06, Rob McDonald <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > It seems to me that you have a pretty short memory... I'd say Hans didn't > start the flaming.
Sorry, Hans has basically said 'tough shit, use python or get lost' repeatedly on list whenever anybody talks about using something else. It's not helpful. and annoying. I pointed out (reasonably) that having to use python for plugins is lame, particularly when we have people writing useful code in Perl. > Frankly, I don't care, I can't stand Perl or Python, but > I realize it is Open source, people do this stuff in their free time, and > given the choice between writing a binding for every language on the face of > the earth or fixing bugs and adding features, I'm glad they spend the time > where they do. Frankly, that goes for documentation too. I've always found developer documentation for dia to be almost entirely absent - I had to reverse engineer the XML format for autodia to work because it was undocumented, looking at how to write a perl API and allow plugins (two quite large jobs, mostly because the dia side is undocumented) shows a complete abscence of any useful tips, let alone documentation. This is annoying. > I also realize that when you come to a project & want to hack on it, you > have to work with what is there. If that means you have to be flexible on > languages, then so be it. How many times have I learned some proprietary > built-in scripting language so I could solve some problem, never to use it > again.... Yeah - been there done that, fortunately perl, python, c and c++ are not only all open source and therefore distributable and possible to bundle, but they can also all integrate through the lowest common denominator - i.e. C. > Here is that first (and only) message Hans wrote in reply in case it will > jog your memory: You missed Han's reply saying - stuff your perl, use python, you suck, or words to that effect, in response to the original post about using Perl for ASCII. Much like his response when somebody brought up the subject of Autodia on the list previously. I don't want to have to solve exactly the same problems over and over again, in this years trendy language, at least 'the cool kids' have (mostly) moved onto the new cool 'Ruby' language and raving about that and we get less python zealots. A. _______________________________________________ Dia-list mailing list Dia-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/dia-list FAQ at http://www.gnome.org/projects/dia/faq.html Main page at http://www.gnome.org/projects/dia
