Re: Jeppesen database

[Jerry Kaidor <jerry@tr2.com>]

Bob Deep wrote:
>
> > C/C++ is almost as portable. As long as you decouple the GUI from the core functionality
> > and don't use any OS specific file handling or other system calls, it isn't
> > all *that* hard. Sure, it's more work, but I think it's worth it on all other
> > 
> > Of course, I've never worked on a large cross-platform project, so take what
> > I say with a grain of salt :-).
> 
> You got it right... Java is a slow mamath that can bring the best
> machine to a crawl, but it's portable.  I would not want to write some

*** I'd vote for C.   Remember, we're talking about Linux here.  That means
open source, and people being able to compile it on their own systems.
So the portability features of Java are not needed.

   One of the nicest things about Linux is its efficiency, its ability to
do useful stuff on slow, small machines.  For example, I'm typing this on
a telnet session into my old 486 box, which acts as a "central computer" and
Internet server for the whole house.  Keep it lean & mean, that's the Linux
Way.

              - Jerry Kaidor ( jerry@tr2.com )
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