Re: [F-Script-talk] Porting FScript ideas (!)

[Giovanni G. <jj...@ob...>]

On 30/ago/06, at 02:36, Marcel Weiher wrote:

> If you find Java too heavy, how would FScript built *on top of* Java
> help??

I am evaluating a set of option.
I used SmallTalk for my pleasure, but in the last 7 years my job was  
java-based.
Java is quite easy to learn and has a lot of support, it has pros and  
cons.

I don't like it but it is a killer-language if you must work in a  
team with different skills and tight schedule.
If you got something in Java, you can find more easily developers,  
support, friends and so on ;)
So I talked about Java as first option.


I have looked at objective-c on wikipedia, and some of its core idea  
hasn't yet been taken.
It is quite interesting language, my teacher at university didn't  
give it a chance.
The high dynamic idea with a old '80ths look for performance (=a  
strong C compiler inside) is interesting.
The nasty pointers still are alive, and the lack of a garbage  
collection was major issues I suppose, to get broaden application.

 >it's Smalltalk, not SmallTalk

Some other one corrected me saying the opposite :|
Isn't it the same?


-- 
Plus I remember being impressed with Ada because
you could write an infinite loop without a faked up condition.  The idea
being that in Ada the typical infinite loop would normally be  
terminated by
detonation. -Larry Wall                          [   [  [ JJ ]  ]   ]