Re: [xsrcg-devel] Checking in...

[Jesse W. <jwa...@sp...>]

Hey guys,

I'm not sure what you guys have been doing witht he project.  I do have
something of an announcement to make, though.  

I've written a bit of C code for the project, as well as all the
autoconf files.  There's some base code, and a bit of xml parsing code. 
However, I have recently decided to make a huge change.  Instead of
writing the lib in C, I have decided that python would better serve my
(our?) purposes.

Here's my reasoning:  Python offers pretty much every thing we wanted to
begin with.  We can use XML parser libs and sqlite (among other
things).  It also gives us a little more freedom and opportunities.  For
example, I considered using dynamic modules for the different creation
systems.  Since python is interpreted, we can have different python
modules that are already dynamic simply by being in different files or
objects.  Python also offers really nice OOP with some interesting
abilities.  Python is pretty terse and simple. It's almost like writing
pseudo code.  It works on every desktop computing platform with (most
likely) no changes to the source:  Mac OS X, Windows, Linux, *BSD,
countless other implementations.  

I'm still learning python, but I've already started to work on the new
srcg.  It will still be something like a lib.  I'm abstracting rules and
every thing away from a GUI.  However, I am also writing a GUI component
in pygtk as a reference/example/full client.  

I need to know if this is moving away from your visions or if it is in
line with what you guys want.  If it is moving too far away, I do not
mind branching off into a new project.  If not, I'd be delighted to stay
aboard.  And in either case, I hope that we can still swap information,
ideas, and code.  You guys can have all the previous C code I wrote if
you'd like.  It's nothing great or fancy.

I'll be on IRC when I can.  I have recently graduated, but I have not
found a CS job yet.  I'm currently working night audit at a hotel.  I'd
probably be more likely to see Max online than Adam at my current hours
=).  

So now you know where I'm going, and that I'm certaintly not done with
this project, nor have I given up, nor is this notice of me leaving this
particular project.  I'd just like to know what you guys think, if
you're willing to go in the same direction, and even if you aren't: can
you use me in some capacity for the direction you would like to go?

Thanks guys.

Jesse 

On Tue, 2004-08-03 at 16:36, Adam Brown wrote:
> Just wondering what the status here is. It seems like we've all been 
> pretty busy lately and it might be time to regroup and see what we're 
> looking at again.
> 
> Let's try and keep the ball rolling...
> 
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