[KLUG Members] Re: Software Theory

[Bryan J. Smith]

Adam Tauno Williams wrote:
> Actually GNOME didn't start out with a component model.  GNOME's focus
> was code re-use,  and they thought they could accomplish it with
> cleverly constructed shared libraries.  KDE actually started out with
> more of a component model (including the use of CORBA) but abandoned it
> due to performance problems and the fact that developers weren't
> familiar with the technology.  Thus KDE experienced faster initial
> development,  and why (according to many) GNOME application developement
> is only now really starting to pick up steam.

GNOME also had a bit more to do with the creation of GTK+ (even
though it was based on The GIMP), whereas KDE just took Qt and ran.

> Anyone writen a compiler using a shell script?

An assembler, yes.  Although I was using various UNIX tools like
lexx and yacc.

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