ASU software - pre-pre-release impressions

Fredrik Wendt fredrik at wendt.se
Mon May 19 22:34:48 CEST 2008


Travis Tabbal <travis at ...> writes:

> On Mon, May 19, 2008 at 10:49 AM, Carlo E. Prelz wrote:
> 
> Those apps are the heart of the phone, and I would not want to have
> C++/QT versions running on my phone.
> 
> I really don't understand the sentiment there. If the app works well and gets
the job done, why does it matter what language it's written in or what widget
toolkit it uses?

Language DOES matter. We use English on this list. I doubt that 50 % of those
involved and interested in this wonderful project have English as their mother
tounge.

We're all just interacting with and describing the same physical world, yet
there are so many different ways to go about it and, basically, people tend to
not be as fluent in more than one or two languages. Hence, if you want people to
get up to speed and act "naturally" with as few obstacles as possible in the way
- then you'll want to choose language(s)/environment used carefully.

My two euro cents.

/ Fredrik





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