On 1/2/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Christopher T. Day wrote: > >> ***** High Performance Software Defined Radio Discussion List ***** > >> > >> Of course, there is always Java, which not only compiles across > >> platforms but whose executables really do run across platforms. But that > >> would be too easy. > >> > >> > >> Chris - AE6VK > >> > >> > > > > Actually it's not easy, Java has a huge learning curve due to it's > > massive libraries. So you would be placing considerable limits on who > > could help. And even more important the major player "programmers" are > > not fans of Java, and it's important to keep them happy. > > > > The current choice C# is not a bad choice, better than Java or C++. > > > > > > Let me get your argument straight. Java is "bad" because of its huge > library, but C#, which has 35 to 50 million lines of code of Microsoft > APIs behind it is. . .good? > > Java, with a few fits and starts, is well on its way to being open > sourced. Perhaps for that reason alone its worth another, fresh look. We > just had a cow thanks to some hiccup (yet to be fully proved) from Vista. > > If Java really fulfills its newly minted promise to do real GPL, we'll > have something C# will never seriously give us. Which is, a product that > can never be changed adversely or withdrawn altogether. > > And, in any case, as far as I can tell, the performance sensitive code is > going to stay in C regardless, so this is all about the presentation code > anyway, isn't it? That runs at human speed. > > > > Larry WO0Z > > PS, if you're going to argue we can subset C#, that argument applies > equally well to Java. But, the main arguments at this stage may not be > technical. >
I did not mean to start a language war by posting the link to D. Really, the person/people who get to decide what languages (and operating systems) are used are the ones who get off their A**es, stop talking about it, and DO it (get coding)... LOL... 73 de Phil N8VB _______________________________________________ FlexRadio mailing list FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com