Re: GNOME, .Net and Mono

[Pawel Salek <pawsa theochem kth se>]

On 2002.02.02 03:57 Sean Middleditch wrote:
> [...]
> THe way I'm imagining being based on Mono would work is similar to how
> things are based on CORBA now, although perhaps better integrated,
> easier to work with, and in many cases faster.  Instead of making a
> CORBA call, you'd make a Mono call.

My experience is that new architectural UI designs are usually slower, not 
faster. I do not know of any exception, actually.

> Just because it's Mono, I don't think that means we'll be forced to use
> any of the (likely) security/stability problems with MS's
> implementation, or be forced to run closed code, or have to program in
> C#.  As I understand it, it'll be more like the ultimate wrapper, the
> ultime plugin architecture, the ultime scripting interface, etc. (or, at
> least, until someone invents something better.  ^,^)

"Ultimate" wrapper, "ultimate" plugin architecture, "ultimate" scripting 
interface? I feel like I was reading a developer's fairly-tale: attractive 
but having not much to do with reality. Well, that's just a feeling.

-pawel