Re: [Logicaldesktop-general] Technology switch?

[Maurizio C. <seg...@ti...>]

On Saturday 10 July 2004 13:25, Lawrence Oluyede wrote:
> > I am seriously considering rewriting the app in Nemerle + Mono + Gtksharp
> > + gtkhtml-sharp.
> >This allows us to integrate into gnome-panel, have integrated
> > web browsing, write our own ListBox widget, all without touching C++ or
> > C. The nemerle code would be cleaner and faster than python.
>
> Mmm using Mono and so on it's cool but why Nemerle? Do you prefer
> functional languages? (I know the answer :P). 

Well, functional languages are easier to read IMO. They are more declarative. 
You have a better comprehension of how the data is transformed.

> Anyway, why you think it will be "faster" ?

First of all, we don't need much speed, it's already ok, except very long 
folders. Anyway, python is dynamically typed, so, even if compiled, must do 
more checks than mono at runtime. The price you pay for in mono for the 
additional execution speed is that you spend more time coding: you have to 
declare the types of your variables (yes, type inference is a complete farce 
IMO).

Mau