On Jan 8, 2008 8:48 PM, mabshoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > On Jan 9, 5:39 am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > On Tue, 8 Jan 2008, Ted Kosan wrote: > > > Jaap wrote: > > >> Ok, I once thought java was the way to go, but now I'm a convert. > > >> I hate java. > > > > > Truth be told, I like programming in Python better than Java when this > > > is feasible. For rich cross-platform browser-based applications, > > > however, it is difficult to beat. > > > > Java is for dinosaurs. Flash for the win! You can make pretty loading > > bars, *super* snazzy interfaces, and it's easy to use. Also, it can easily > > play sound (which the javascript notebook will probably not be capable of, > > ever). Flash has much better cross-platform support; it's a true web > > technology. > > I beg to differ. I am not sure if my sarcasm detector is broken, but > you seem to be serious. Ever installed flash on a 64 bit linux > desktop or a PPC linux desktop? Flash sucks performance wise even more > than Java. If I use YouTube or some other flash based video player it > eats 20-30 percent of my CPU time with a postage stamp sized window > without post processing or any other filter while XVID+MP3 hardware > accelerated video via mplayer with 623x352 *and* post processing eats > 0.3% CPU. We are talking about 2 orders of magnitude of CPU usage here > without taking quality into consideration. With that it could be close > to 3 orders of magnitude.
Just a quick question: Isn't Flash a closed-source commercial product, hence completely unsuitable for use as a core technology in Sage? (In contrast, Java is (supposed to be?) GPL'd now. ) -- William --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ To post to this group, send email to sage-devel@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-devel URLs: http://sage.scipy.org/sage/ and http://modular.math.washington.edu/sage/ -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
