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Re: Greetings: Me & Linux



Hi

Sorry for the stupid Q. but im not a programer (I program when I have to and not
each day).

Just for curious why not perl ?
Lets don't make the world to complicated, how many more language should I know
:-(

Ilya wrote:

> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Chen Shapira <chen@mercury.co.il>
>
> Hi,
>
> > > Minds Eye - A modeler/renderer 4 linux, really cool. As it seems now I
> > will start coding a scripting language 4 this basing on GNU   Smalltalk ::
> > http://mindseye.luna.net
> >
> > Smalltalk??? are you nuts?
> > Why smalltalk?
> > Python is perfect for what you need, and even tcl would do better!
>
> Tcl??? Tcl is one of the worst language i now. And if i will choose to use
> it the ME team won't accept it as we all hate tcl.
>
> > Both are extremely good as extension languages, and python has a very good
> > object system (as good as smalltalk if not better).
>
> Well, I am not nuts, we are checking at ME the two options, the smalltalk
> one and the python one. I have studed the issue and it seems that the full
> object oreintation of smalltalk (python is not so much OO) is just what we
> need 4 ME. Also, we are not going 2 use smalltalk as the language but only
> as the *base* 4 the language. Also, python extenasions may be created.
>
> > Smalltalk is dead, and it was never really alive :-)
>
> This is really not true. Saying that Smalltalk is dead is as saying that
> Linux is dead. Smalltalk grows in popularity every year much more then any
> other language on the planet, just as linux.
>
> > BTW. Did you do the design for the mindseye website? if so - do join us at
> > IGLU-web. we need people who know websites.
>
> Nope, i didn't designed the web site, but i surely know the guy who did it,
> Martin van Velsen as i remember. I don't make this style of website as they
> are slow to download. I like the simple/clean/fast & beautiful style of
> websites. A good example is l.c and also the site that I have done 4
> smartsystems (it looks best at 1600x1200). Also soon, I will make the site 4
> the walled city project and i have done a small one 4 my homepage at
> http://rilel.homepage.com
> I am afraid i just don't have the time to help IGLU's site design, i am
> pretty flooded with *a lot* of work. But i can some gimp graphics if it is
> needed.
>
> P.S. Again, where the next meeting is organized?
> > Regards,
> >
> > Chen Shapira
> > The fractal flowers and recursive roots
> > the most lovely hack I've seen
>
> Bye, rilel
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------
> Ilya 'rilel' Khayutin - Jerusalem, Israel
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> The World City Project Core Developer and Deisgner
>
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