Using scripting languages for KDE4 main modules

Richard_Dale at tipitina.demon.co.uk Richard_Dale at tipitina.demon.co.uk
Mon Oct 2 18:44:18 BST 2006


On Monday 02 October 2006 14:02, Allan Sandfeld Jensen wrote:
> On Sunday 01 October 2006 14:29, Maksim Orlovich wrote:
> > > Yes, but for non-basic apps which can be written in a scripting
> > > language, it's
> > > better if they are all written in the same one, so we can limit both
> > > memory
> > > usage and dependencies to a single binding.
> >
> > Some of the concern about resource usage is addressed by Smoke, I think,
> > which is used by most bindings ---- well, except PyQt, oops.
> >
> > Of course, using KJS is basically free, and KJSEmbed is very light....
>
> KJS is an automatic. May not be so usefull for applications but is perfect
> in application scriptin.
>
> Besides KJS we should have one major script language: Ruby or Python. Vote
> on it or pick straws if necessary.
Why one other - where does this figure of 'one' come from?

-- Richard




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