From owner-freebsd-chat Tue Sep 2 20:11:07 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id UAA12589 for chat-outgoing; Tue, 2 Sep 1997 20:11:07 -0700 (PDT) Received: from fallout.campusview.indiana.edu (fallout.campusview.indiana.edu [149.159.1.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id UAA12584 for ; Tue, 2 Sep 1997 20:11:05 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (jfieber@localhost) by fallout.campusview.indiana.edu (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id WAA08004; Tue, 2 Sep 1997 22:10:37 -0500 (EST) Date: Tue, 2 Sep 1997 22:10:36 -0500 (EST) From: John Fieber To: Peter Korsten cc: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: The GUI debate In-Reply-To: <19970903010156.02882@grendel.IAEhv.nl> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Wed, 3 Sep 1997, Peter Korsten wrote: > I think Java would be good starting point. It may not be as fast > and high-performance as C/C++, but that's really not that important > for a GUI. Once the system is installed, java would be fine, but with current technology I fear that even a minimal runtime environment will instantly destroy any hope of retaining that nifty one-floppy install procedure. Of course, I would be pleased for someone to prove me wrong--I like programming in Java. :) -john