I think that Microsoft Windows requires different code from Linux, and users tend not to have python, ruby, or perl interpreters installed on their OS. That's why I would not want it in these languages.


> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Daniel O'Connor" <darius at dons.net.au>
> To: netrek-dev at us.netrek.org
> Subject: Re: [netrek-dev] Netrek config utility source code
> Date: Thu, 4 May 2006 08:42:29 +0930
> 
> 
> On Thursday 04 May 2006 08:18, . . wrote:
> > having worked with java in the past, it is very unwieldly as a tool and a
> > royal pain. i wouldn't recommend that as a development base for this app
> > (or any for that matter). probably ANSI or clean C would be my
> > recommendation -- along with adequate documentation ;-). at some point this
> > code can be integrated directly into the client as a library and invoked
> > via command line switch "--check-config" or something. apache httpd has a
> > similar command line to validate the syntax of the config file.
> 
> Bleh, use something like Tcl/Tk, Python or Ruby.
> 
> All are cross platform and much more suited to such a task IMO.
> 
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: Zach <netrek at gmail.com>
> > > To: tanner at real-time.com, "Netrek Development Mailing List"
> > > <netrek-dev at us.netrek.org> Subject: Re: [netrek-dev] Netrek config
> > > utility source code
> > > Date: Wed, 3 May 2006 16:06:20 -0400
> > >
> > >
> > > Java would be ideal language for such a task. You can run the utility
> > > as a web app or standalone on the host machine. Will only have minimal
> > > effort to run it on a wide variety of platforms.
> > >
> > > Zach
> > >
> > > On 5/3/06, Bob Tanner <tanner at real-time.com> wrote:
> > > > >>Written in VB and there is plenty of room for improvement if you have
> > > > >> the time.
> > > >
> > > > I do wish it was developed in a language that at least has a shot of
> > > > being ported to a different operating system. :-(
> > > >
> > > > Yes, we can follow the login in VB, but then we have to maintain 2
> > > > code-bases, 2 patches, 2 testsuites, 2 installations documents, 2
> > > > HOWTOs, etc...
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > --
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