Re: [Tuxmath-devel] Marathon finished - plan to get active on tux4kids again

[David B. <dav...@gm...>]

Hi,

On Tue, Oct 18, 2011 at 6:08 PM, Jesus Mager <fo...@gm...> wrote:
> If we are thinking about a technology migration, I think we need do a
> deep discussion about the benefits of all posibilities. Personaly I
> like the idea of a web broser based game. But a rewrite is a lot of
> work!

No kidding! That's why I'd like to see Aviral's rewrite of a small
part of tux4kids get done first, before we commit to rewriting
anything else.  Whether or not C++ or Java would be better for us than
C, the fact is that the existing programs are written in C.  If anyone
wants to reimplement tuxmath in C++, no one is stopping you.  But I'm
going to keep maintaining the existing C program as the "official"
tuxmath until/unless a better replacement has been written.  Ditto for
SDL vs. OpenGL and similar debates.

However, a Java/Android rewrite would do a lot more than just make the
code more maintainable, modern, "cooler", or whatever - it would add a
very important new platform and also provide code that can be run in a
browser.  So it wouldn't just be change for the sake of making the
code more elegant.  Also, if we are doing a rewrite, we could use a
license that would make an iOS version possible, if we want, using
Obj-C in place of Jave.  I support the principles behind the GPL
(including GPLv3), but I'd also like to reach all those kids who love
their iPads and are lucky enough to be too young to have to worry
about licenses yet :)

-- 
David Bruce

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