I still don't know what this thing is. I refuse to look at the VB code. Joe will not say. 

> ----- Original Message -----
> From: mark at mark.mielke.cc
> To: "Netrek Development Mailing List" <netrek-dev at us.netrek.org>
> Subject: Re: [netrek-dev] Netrek config utility source code
> Date: Wed, 3 May 2006 19:04:15 -0400
> 
> 
> On Wed, May 03, 2006 at 02:48:17PM -0800, . . 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.
> 
> If you prefer C over Java for simple tasks such as a config utility,
> that include a GUI...
> 
> Something is wrong. :-)
> 
> If anything, the main complaint against Java is that it is *too* easy,
> and therefore limiting. People who claim C++ is better than Java, are
> quick to point out that Java is a *subset* of C++. The GCC pretty
> much proved this, with their C++/Java compiler that can call back and
> forth between the two.
> 
> Cheers,
> mark
> 
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