mwphoto Wrote: > CardinalFang wrote: > > > Being able to easily change things isn't necessarily a good thing in > a > > mature product. > > > > That's where we disagree! :) While the product may be considered mature > in some sense (it is feature rich, stable, and relatively few bugs) I > believe it is a long way from the music server that people want.
Well we agree on the music server aspect at least! I meant mature as in "been around for a while and generally working". Perl doesn't really allow you to encapsulate the core stable parts from further tinkering. Java does allow you to wrap features up into nice, self contained functional blocks that can be black box tested and then left well alone. That's my main gripe with Perl, it isn't a language that enables that kind of unit construction of an app. In many ways, SlimServer is an overgrown prototype. One which works, but I think is creaking at the seams. Still, enough lambasting of other people's products, it's very easy to be negative and have hindsight. There has clearly been a great deal of vision in this product and I love it. Paul -- CardinalFang ------------------------------------------------------------------------ CardinalFang's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=962 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=18991 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
