Re: ``Shut-up and Hack!"

[Luis Araujo]

Alan Grimes wrote:
> Luis Araujo wrote:
> > Alan Grimes wrote:
>
> > > Language arguments are stupid.
> > > Instead of arguing about language, we should be researching how to
> > > interface a wide variety of languages better. For example, I'm starting
> > > to work on a KDE-based project. I could write the UI in C++, however
> > > that would be cumbersome. A better approcah is to write the
> > > functionality in C++ and the UI in a flavor of XML. There each part is
> > > written in the language that is better (though not best) suited for it.
>
> > I actually believe languages play an important role in the design of an
> > operating system. So, it isn't good to underestimate its influences. One
> > of the reasons we keep living in a unix-like world is because of C.
>
> In any well-designed conventional kernel-based OS, the choice of
> language for any given component is largely orthogonal to the design of
> the system.

Design is highly affected by the tools used, and it also works the other 
way around, so it is a symbiotic process, which evidently will be 
influenced by these very same tools.

Sincerely,



                        Luis