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Re: [Pan-users] Re: 0.134 and Beyond
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Wayne E. Nail |
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Re: [Pan-users] Re: 0.134 and Beyond |
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Mon, 28 Sep 2009 20:23:14 -0400 |
On Tue, 2009-09-29 at 10:11 +1000, Steven D'Aprano wrote:
> On Tue, 29 Sep 2009 09:45:50 am walt wrote:
> > The 'infrastructure' I keep referring to has to do only with the
> > GUI interface of pan. The critical parts that you (Charles) have
> > spent so much effort in optimizing for speed and memory use, are
> > all in c++, am I right?
> >
> > So -- why not implement the pan GUI in java and let each platform
> > deal with the optimized c++ part in its own way (already done)?
>
> Please no. Pan is nice and snappy and responsive, and works reasonably
> well even in relatively low-end machines with not a lot of memory. The
> last thing we want is to pair a fast, snappy engine with a UI that
> takes forever to start up, looks hideous, requires vast amounts of
> memory, and ends up clomping around with lead boots squashing
> everything in it's path. Separation of the back-end from the front-end
> is a perfectly sensible idea. It's only the use of Java as the default
> front-end which I object to.
>
>
Given that Charles has championed lean, tight code in Transmission --
embracing the project's design goals from the beginning of his
involvement -- I rather doubt he could be convinced that Java should
ever touch Pan. Just my opinion.
But, witness the difference between Transmission and Vuze, as an
example: http://pastehtml.com/view/090621g11KlBWM.html
- [Pan-users] 0.134 and Beyond, Charles Kerr, 2009/09/28
- Re: [Pan-users] 0.134 and Beyond, walt, 2009/09/28
- Re: [Pan-users] 0.134 and Beyond, Charles Kerr, 2009/09/28
- Re: [Pan-users] 0.134 and Beyond, walt, 2009/09/28
- [Pan-users] Re: 0.134 and Beyond, walt, 2009/09/28
- Re: [Pan-users] Re: 0.134 and Beyond, Steven D'Aprano, 2009/09/28
- Re: [Pan-users] Re: 0.134 and Beyond,
Wayne E. Nail <=
- [Pan-users] Re: 0.134 and Beyond, Duncan, 2009/09/29
- Re: [Pan-users] Re: 0.134 and Beyond, walt, 2009/09/29
- [Pan-users] Re: 0.134 and Beyond, Jim Henderson, 2009/09/29
- Re: [Pan-users] Re: 0.134 and Beyond, Charles Kerr, 2009/09/28
- [Pan-users] Re: 0.134 and Beyond, walt, 2009/09/28
- Re: [Pan-users] Re: 0.134 and Beyond, Charles Kerr, 2009/09/28
- [Pan-users] Re: 0.134 and Beyond, Matej Cepl, 2009/09/29
- Re: [Pan-users] 0.134 and Beyond, Rhialto, 2009/09/29
[Pan-users] Re: 0.134 and Beyond, Jim Henderson, 2009/09/28
Re: [Pan-users] 0.134 and Beyond, Travis, 2009/09/28