From: Alan Chen <alan@...>
Date: 2002-08-23T05:28:25+09:00
Subject: Re: A Repeat: New Language After Ruby?

On Fri, Aug 23, 2002 at 04:56:30AM +0900, Jim Menard wrote:
> Tom Sawyer <transami@transami.net> writes:
> 
> > On Thu, 2002-08-22 at 12:16, Jim Menard wrote:
> > > That is the only reason I translated DataVision from Ruby to Java. The code
> > > feels bloated now, but at least the GUI runs everywhere without end users
> > > having to install a GUI library.
> > 
> > now that's interesting.
> > 
> > would you consider porting back if we could give you a good GUI
> > solution?
> 
> I'm not sure. DataVision has a large user base now and I can't abandon
> them. I will have to continue Java development even if I port it back to
> Ruby.
> 
> I would also have to think about what would make a "good GUI solution". I
> started by tring Tk, FOX, and Gtk. Each one didn't do something I wanted.
> Don't ask what; it's been about a year since I switched.
> 
> You can still get the Ruby version; visit
> http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=33343 and grab
> version 0.0.2.

Is the XML format of your reports fairly stable? Someone else could almost
re-implement datavision with the only commonality being the report format.

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Alan Chen
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