Balthazar_B wrote: > Going back to the first message in this thread (and others similar to > it), I think the root issue underlying whatever frustration > users/customers are feeling is not really open vs. closed source. > Rather, it generally comes down to performance (i.e., perceived lack > of) and/or bugs (usually real, rarely imagined). As many have > mentioned, better development processes/control (incl. regression > testing, etc.) would help address the latter. The former is more > difficult, and perhaps a large portion of performance issues come down > to the code base. There may be certain operations that PERL, PHP, > etc., may never be able to perform as efficiently as C dialects or > other compiled programming languages. >
Perl is a compiled language. It's compiled when you start the program. There's no reason a Perl program can't be lightning fast. I have Perl programs processing thousands of users at a very high speed, it's all in the coding, of course. I have the feeling slimserver could be optimized to make certain operations that cause the slowness perception (like recursively adding a directory to a playlist) much faster. The web interface is responsible for a lot of the perceived slowness. I think it should be complemented with a slick GUI app that reacts instantaneously. Regards, Peter _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
