Re: [gtk-list] Re: gtk+-perl?

[GnEaThEg0d <gnea garson grantstomb com>]

On Mon, 7 Dec 1998, Scott Stone wrote:

> perl has a lot of overhead.. I used to do gui stuff with perl-Tk, but
> after seeing GTK... the same app written in perl/tk vs GTK+ with C:
> 
> perl/Tk version:  25 seconds to load, 10MB memory usage
> GTK+/C version: 3 seconds to load, 1.5MB memory usage

depends on how well/poor it's coded... who's to say that C and C-like 
applications can't take up errogenous amounts of memory? (hell, look at
netscape:) ). 

> Starting *any* app in perl-Tk takes a minimum 5MB memory.  I don't know if
> Gtk+-perl is any better, but I'm sticking with C.  The GTK API is simple
> enough that perl doesn't buy you anything in terms of development time
> anymore.

well, i recently found out that gtk+-perl has been continued and lives
on as gnome-perl.. i might agree with you in the memory overhead issue,
but then the gimp itself pretty much requires this 'bloated' thing for
things such as the script-fu and whatnot.. perhaps instead of just
outright shooting down perl, perhaps you could work at improving perl's
memory 'problems' when coding with it.

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