Return-Path: Delivered-To: apmail-gump-general-archive@www.apache.org Received: (qmail 40866 invoked from network); 8 Jul 2004 22:03:06 -0000 Received: from hermes.apache.org (HELO mail.apache.org) (209.237.227.199) by minotaur-2.apache.org with SMTP; 8 Jul 2004 22:03:06 -0000 Received: (qmail 96632 invoked by uid 500); 8 Jul 2004 22:02:26 -0000 Delivered-To: apmail-gump-general-archive@gump.apache.org Received: (qmail 96490 invoked by uid 500); 8 Jul 2004 22:02:25 -0000 Mailing-List: contact general-help@gump.apache.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Help: List-Post: List-Id: "Gump code and data" Reply-To: "Gump code and data" Delivered-To: mailing list general@gump.apache.org Received: (qmail 96397 invoked by uid 99); 8 Jul 2004 22:02:24 -0000 X-ASF-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.0 required=10.0 tests= X-Spam-Check-By: apache.org Received: from [212.247.154.161] (HELO mailfe06.swip.net) (212.247.154.161) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.27.1) with ESMTP; Thu, 08 Jul 2004 15:02:20 -0700 X-T2-Posting-ID: FLIzhjgVyrNf/n+sjeTZu9mx89jRh/OtFzlcno4YRBk= Received: from [213.103.10.66] (HELO apache.org) by mailfe06.swip.net (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2b6) with ESMTP id 91819890 for general@gump.apache.org; Fri, 09 Jul 2004 00:02:17 +0200 Message-ID: <40EDC473.6060705@apache.org> Date: Fri, 09 Jul 2004 00:02:27 +0200 From: Stephen McConnell User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; WinNT4.0; en-US; rv:1.6b) Gecko/20031208 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Gump code and data Subject: Re: [RT] Was python a good idea? References: <40ED7B1F.9050602@apache.org> <039201c4651b$78b7cb90$60bfea43@sybase.com> In-Reply-To: <039201c4651b$78b7cb90$60bfea43@sybase.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Checked: Checked X-Spam-Rating: minotaur-2.apache.org 1.6.2 0/1000/N Adam R. B. Jack wrote: > Basically, I think Python Gump was the right thing to do 'cos it breathed > life into a somewhat mundane/infrastructural task. I do think it has become > a barrier to entry for many, which I find disturbing. As such, I'd not fight > against folks wanting to re-write in Java ('cos that is clearly quite > doable). For what its worth - yes - Python is a barrier to entry for me personally but I kind of like that. It's my perfect excuse for not submitting patches and provides me with a good separation of me as tool user versus developer (something I appreciate given the amount of stuff I'm already committed to). On the other hand - a java variant of Gump would be interesting in that I could envisage closer integration between things like magic and gump itself. It would also be a lot of fun to play around with gump plugins - things that lavage the big interconnected picture - but I'm sure this is possible with Python gump also. 0.02 Cheers, Steve. -- |---------------------------------------| | Magic by Merlin | | Production by Avalon | | | | http://avalon.apache.org | |---------------------------------------| --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscribe@gump.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: general-help@gump.apache.org