From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Sep 24 00:57:19 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0D4EF106564A for ; Fri, 24 Sep 2010 00:57:19 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from sterling@camdensoftware.com) Received: from wh2.interactivevillages.com (wh2.interactivevillages.com [75.125.250.34]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C74078FC08 for ; Fri, 24 Sep 2010 00:57:18 +0000 (UTC) Received: from 97-126-31-96.tukw.qwest.net ([97.126.31.96] helo=_HOSTNAME_) by wh2.interactivevillages.com with esmtpsa (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OywSu-00049q-6S for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Thu, 23 Sep 2010 17:48:41 -0700 Received: by _HOSTNAME_ (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Thu, 23 Sep 2010 17:57:13 -0700 Date: Thu, 23 Sep 2010 17:57:13 -0700 From: Chip Camden To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20100924005713.GF2780@libertas.local.camdensoftware.com> Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <3368057398-783131724@intranet.com.mx> <20100923152023.GA14903@libertas.local.camdensoftware.com> <20100924003120.GA19235@guilt.hydra> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="oPmsXEqKQNHCSXW7" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20100924003120.GA19235@guilt.hydra> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i Company: Camden Software Consulting URL: http://camdensoftware.com X-PGP-Key: http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?search=0xD6DBAF91 X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - wh2.interactivevillages.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - freebsd.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - camdensoftware.com Subject: Re: GUI Suggested? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 24 Sep 2010 00:57:19 -0000 --oPmsXEqKQNHCSXW7 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Quoth Chad Perrin on Thursday, 23 September 2010: > On Thu, Sep 23, 2010 at 12:24:58PM -0500, Neal Hogan wrote: > >=20 > > If you like xmonad, check out scrotwm. It's inspired by xmonad, > > lightweight, written in C by oBSD dev, actively maintained, and > > vim-like (among other things ;-). >=20 > Why is "written in C" considered such a great benefit by the Scrotwm > developer(s)? Earlier today, I read this on the site: >=20 > "On the other hand xmonad has great defaults, key bindings and > xinerama support but is crippled by not being written in C." >=20 > What's up with that? How does Haskell "cripple" xmonad? >=20 > --=20 > Chad Perrin [ original content licensed OWL: http://owl.apotheon.org ] I wondered the same thing myself. Haskell is compiled, and the result is= =20 very efficient. I also wondered why the mentions about being actively maintained -- it seems to me that xmonad gets updated pretty regularly. But I'm willing to give it a look. --=20 Sterling (Chip) Camden | sterling@camdensoftware.com | 2048D/3A978E4F http://camdensoftware.com | http://chipstips.com | http://chipsquips= .com --oPmsXEqKQNHCSXW7 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (FreeBSD) iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJMm/dpAAoJEIpckszW26+RFPcH/RU5T/sMQndFLQhWQOEi6X9a b6KiDyNGsZK9WPsgRlfWvT8erOlQpJJFFAmi/B+MJiimsselFoHxp8zZlCeKJHOU 7MYh1h82QfbNzMU/RR2g+tZ8/Ma0Lo5iK1tOgLdoNPHafRr5J4tBv7AtZpLZ6izV Ct4PIejZGXYYn47wUVjhvu+02s7ndzOks+Y6asUDV0EWLqShtRGeDVYvPcOHjVJw /EcF6z0/IIAszmpUNYM7bBQ4LMG/zl3M3qLjKaDDLGKB5coQ0Zcf3YIs2ICmO/1Y QeAmPOcV2eM/3A+ixhoX0CoqvkzeP3Lc8zpawmiUFRFbNRvegbRcLLKZ71Qq5J8= =GHHZ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --oPmsXEqKQNHCSXW7--