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[Henry Gomersall <heng@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, 2013-03-21 at 00:20 +0200, Zisu Andrei wrote:
>         And I've had a dev hint at the idea that the new toolkit will
>         eventually work for desktop apps as well.
> 
> 
> The whole idea of Ubuntu 14.04 is convergence. And I don't think it
> will be just merging the current Unity with uTouch, from what I see,
> it wil basically be about making uTouch work on desktop. 
> 
> 
>         Errrm.... Javascript isn't "also inefficient". Qml is using V8
>         engine,
>         which is quite a bit more performant than the Python VM
> V8 can be sometimes a memory monster, which is, I guess, where it gets
> his speed from. But not enough that it would be alarming. Still, it
> makes it so easy to create memory leaks! 
> 
> 
> I truly hate python, but really love javascript. It allows so much
> more freedom in development (which is exactly what the Netscape guys
> indended back then), getting out of the way when needed. I find the
> js/C++ mix really good as you get best of both worlds: js gets out of
> your way when you want to develop and, if need arises, you have a
> stronger C++ keeping your back.

I truly hate javascript, but really love python. It allows so much more
freedom in development (which is exactly what Guido intended back then),
getting out of the way when needed. I find the Python/C++ mix really
good as you get best of both worlds: Python gets out of your way when
you want to develop and, if need arises, you have a stronger C++ keeping
your back.

hen