From: Jim L. <jc...@au...> - 2009-09-09 08:09:19
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In article <h86jc6$u5a$2...@ge...>, Neil Graham <Le...@sc...> wrote: > On Tue, 08 Sep 2009 16:01:58 +0100, Mark Williams wrote: > > ROX desktop would be a lot lighter if it wasn't for the couple of > > hundred pounds of Python dependencies it carries. I mean, really, > > it's like Keira Knightley habitually walking around in a fat suit... > > > > On purpose. > > > The problem is, people like working in Python. They've made something > that works. Well, I have no understanding of Python and prefer using 'C'. But I don't think it has given me any problems that the ROX desktop uses Python. I've just used the desktop and filer quite happily. Despite any programs I write being in 'C'. FWIW though I have not really made much use of the available ROX apps. The main exception being one for being able to extract LPCM files from audio CDs. That works, but does give me an error message at the end of each set of track rips. Not yet bothered to find out why since it does the job, but I assume it is because I had to alter the settings of the app to get it *not* to convert into a data-reduced file format and *not* to try to look up 'what CD this is' on the net. The CDs in question are all home recorded CDRWs. I was getting some amusingly weird "indentifications" from the net. ;-> All the above said, I probably don't yet have enough experience with ROX, etc, to really comment. But as yet I've not felt any problems due to it being based on Python. Slainte, Jim -- Electronics http://www.st-and.ac.uk/~www_pa/Scots_Guide/intro/electron.htm Armstrong Audio http://www.audiomisc.co.uk/Armstrong/armstrong.html Audio Misc http://www.audiomisc.co.uk/index.html |