From: Dave Thomas <dave@...>
Date: 2003-11-08T11:18:16+09:00
Subject: Re: Power of Interpreted Languages


On Nov 7, 2003, at 13:31, Thomas Adam wrote:
>> We all know that scripting is great for good many tasks, but could
>> scripting make for a good word processor, for instance? How about a
>> Desktop Enviornment or Window Manager?
>
> No -- too slow.
>

Andy and I've written an X-11 window manager, mostly in Ruby...

Cheers


Dave