Hi, Did you... er... did you just rewrite half of mc... adding plugins and stuff...??
At this moment all I can say is: WOW! e. On Thu, May 7, 2015 at 10:23 PM, Mooffie <moof...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi guys! > > I've just published a branch of MC with Lua support: > > http://www.typo.co.il/~mooffie/mc-lua/docs/html/ > > See the "screenshots" link. > > Also see the "other documents" link for background (especially > "HISTORY"). > > Many, many tickets can be solved with mc^2, but I don't want to spam > the ticket queue with my posts, so I've prepared a list of some such > tickets (see "other documents" -> "TICKETS"). > > (But in a few tickets I *will* comment: in tickets I believe a > constructive discussion could ensue, or where I feel people are truly > in need of a solution.) > > == > > Now, I guess I'll be attacked for one reason or another. Let me save > your time by attacking myself for you: > > == > > Q: "Is this a 'fork' of MC? Are you trying to split the community?" > > A: No, this is not a "fork" (as per Wikipedia's definition). It's intended > to be "food for thought" for the MC community. My hope is that > eventually the principle behind mc^2 will be adopted by MC. > > == > > Q: "Is seems that you've invested a lot of time in this. Gosh, why > waste human resources?! Especially on something that nobody's > going to use?" > > A: The time I "waste" here is negligible in comparison to the time and > efforts wasted by tens of people who have tried to contribute code > to MC over the years. > > The principle behind mc^2, if adopted by MC, is going to put an end > to this waste of human resources. > > == > > Q: "But why use Lua?!?! Why not pick the language that starts > with 'P'?! Why not make it work with any language?!??!" > > A: Let's not talk about languages/VMs *right now*. Please, as much as > it's tempting. > > Right now, the language is not the issue. The issue is the > principle, of having some extension language. > > The language/VM is obviously something everybody will have > something to say about. You will. But not now. > > If every passerby here will now emit his "2 cents" opinion/rant, > it will kill the vision/project. It will start a Holy War. It will > derail the discussion from the mainroad to the gutters. It's the > least constructive thing that could happen. It means death. > > In the future, when we know the principle will be regarded favorably > by MC's maintainers, we could open this issue and discuss things. > > One thing's for sure: You can't give an opinion about the subject > without considering it for at least a week (or a month, I'd say). > There are various facets to consider. There are threads of thoughts > to be picked and discarded. There are insights to be acquired. You > can't just barge in with "use Python!!", "use Parrot!", "use > GObject!". As the Chinese saying goes, "Opinions are like belly > buttons: everybody has one". It should take more, much more, than > an "opinion" to affect the discussion. > > So, again: let's not talk about languages now. > > (For the record: I recorded my reasons for choosing Lua in > "other documents" -> "HISTORY".) > _______________________________________________ > mc-devel mailing list > https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/mc-devel >
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