Hi Peter, > hi > some comments on this decision to go with C/GTK+ over java : > - firstly I agree that memory usage is a problem with the current installer. > - if java was the right choice for the current installer , what makes it the > wrong choice for the new one ? > - dumping java means 0% code reuse. > Java wasn't the right choice for the current installer. There are a lot of issues due to choosing Java for the current installer, and we are trying to get past those. That said, I can't blame Java for all the issues we currently have with the existing GUI.
Another point, we are planning no reuse of the old GUI. None, we have to do it better, update the look and feel to the current Gnome desktop. Choosing C or Java would not have made this decision different. > - have you thought about the future and considered the fact that pretty much > every college (at least in Ireland) teaches java as its #1 language in > computer science courses. Most students have little knowledge of C when they > graduate. > Well.. no, I have to admit we hadn't thought of the college students. But, even if we had, that reason would have been at the bottom of our list of reasons to choose Java. We want people to participate in this project, but most of the installer is written in C and will continue to be written in C. It has to be at some level to get down to library calls we need to get Solaris installed. I think it is a shame that most colleges are not teaching C. However, we are looking for people who know C for core Solaris work. To do system code, kernel work, even user land commands, C is a requirement in the core Solaris. Other parts of Sun are Java oriented so their skills would be a fit for those groups. > - there's no comparison when it comes to comparing the netbeans IDE (despite > all the criticism) and glade (or is there something better these days ?) > If we were using Java, Netbeans would be the choice I imagine. Thanks for your input. sarah **** > -- > This message posted from opensolaris.org > _______________________________________________ > caiman-discuss mailing list > caiman-discuss at opensolaris.org > http://opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/caiman-discuss >
