Now we're back to the right tool for the job argument, which is the point I tried to make in my original post. Unfortunately, while I may know some of the names of the languages, I don't neccessarily know how to use them. The article seemed to indicate that C/C++ was not good for any distributed project. I say that the right tool for the job has to be the deciding factor. Just because a program has to be compiled each time you have a contribution doesn't mean it should be ruled out.
Of course I'm just an html/php monkey- and not terribly good at that.
Interesting that viable languages weren't named, just ones the author decided weren't viable for him.
In no way do I believe that open source distributed developement should all take place in perl/java/php/whatever. Code should be written in the best language for that particular code. The Linux kernel is coded in C(or is it C++?), maybe someone should tell Linus that C isn't a good language for an OS project.
She swallowed the dog to catch the cat, she swallowed the cat to catch the bird, she swallowed the bird to catch the spider, she swallowed the spider to catch the.....
What's that? This is about a worm? Wrong song? um... nevermind....
Yet it gets even more complicated. If I, living in Wisconsin, order something from a company in some other state, I do not have to pay ANY sales tax. But the people who live in the state that company is based in DO have to pay sales tax.
Actually most states have laws requiring residents to pay sales tax on these types of out of state purchases(where no sales tax is collected). Normally it is called a use tax, and normally individuals ignore this hard to enforce requirement. But when states are hurting for funds they sometimes run commercials, as Florida did, reminding people to pay their use tax on mail order purchases.
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Patron: But the sign says your open 24hours.
Shop Owner: Not in a row!
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I have found that in my own pet project (a fork of someone else's but semi popular in it's own right) few if any users are willing to contribute code. Perhaps this is because the project has such a narrow focus. I personally have not even considered contributing to something like the kernel but I use each release. Sometimes it is easier to not dig into the code and never contribute. I guess if you follow ESR's theory on scratching itches- it has to be a really big itch to get people moving.
Our Linux Users group should probably send back the box of OpenServer OpenWorkstation and the trial versions of Volution Message Server as well as the nifty hats they sent us?
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Now we're back to the right tool for the job argument, which is the point I tried to make in my original post. Unfortunately, while I may know some of the names of the languages, I don't neccessarily know how to use them. The article seemed to indicate that C/C++ was not good for any distributed project. I say that the right tool for the job has to be the deciding factor. Just because a program has to be compiled each time you have a contribution doesn't mean it should be ruled out.
Of course I'm just an html/php monkey- and not terribly good at that.
Interesting that viable languages weren't named, just ones the author decided weren't viable for him.
In no way do I believe that open source distributed developement should all take place in perl/java/php/whatever. Code should be written in the best language for that particular code. The Linux kernel is coded in C(or is it C++?), maybe someone should tell Linus that C isn't a good language for an OS project.
Except they are comparing source code not binaries.
She swallowed the dog to catch the cat, she swallowed the cat to catch the bird, she swallowed the bird to catch the spider, she swallowed the spider to catch the.....
What's that? This is about a worm? Wrong song? um... nevermind....
Yet it gets even more complicated. If I, living in Wisconsin, order something from a company in some other state, I do not have to pay ANY sales tax. But the people who live in the state that company is based in DO have to pay sales tax.
Actually most states have laws requiring residents to pay sales tax on these types of out of state purchases(where no sales tax is collected). Normally it is called a use tax, and normally individuals ignore this hard to enforce requirement. But when states are hurting for funds they sometimes run commercials, as Florida did, reminding people to pay their use tax on mail order purchases.
Patron: But the sign says your open 24hours. Shop Owner: Not in a row! (Steven Wright)
No- they said they won't sue people who paid to use the SCO Linux code.
It must've overheated.
I have found that in my own pet project (a fork of someone else's but semi popular in it's own right) few if any users are willing to contribute code. Perhaps this is because the project has such a narrow focus. I personally have not even considered contributing to something like the kernel but I use each release. Sometimes it is easier to not dig into the code and never contribute. I guess if you follow ESR's theory on scratching itches- it has to be a really big itch to get people moving.
Our Linux Users group should probably send back the box of OpenServer OpenWorkstation and the trial versions of Volution Message Server as well as the nifty hats they sent us?