Re: [guy@localhost: IPMT specen.]
- Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2001 17:07:58 +0100 (BST)
On Thu, 19 Apr 2001, Guy Vegoda wrote:
> Hi there all you internet people!
Hello.
> Questions:
>
> 1. Which platforms are we looking to support?
>
> I think that UNIX platforms would be easier for
> development, and would cover the needs of the
> majority of users. Also, ala Perl.
>
> A gui provides windows users with an opportunity
> to use the sotware too.
>
> The same could be achieved on a win32 platform
> under visual basic, but this would strain the GNU
> lisence considerable, as well as denying use by
> the UNIX users amongst us.
FWIW Perl with the TK toolkit/widget set runs under both *nix and
Windows.
I still would prefer a web based solution.
WRT people's comments about php vs. perl - php is very easy to learn, and
it's very easy with perl to write code in such a way as to render it
incomprehensible to anyone else (or to anyone who dosn't understand you
particular dialect of perl).
also doing compilcated datastructures in perl is a pain.
you can't (afaik) do non web based gui's in php tho.
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