Path: csiph.com!x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net!usenet.pasdenom.info!weretis.net!feeder1.news.weretis.net!feeder.erje.net!newsfeed.xs4all.nl!newsfeed5.news.xs4all.nl!xs4all!newsgate.cistron.nl!newsgate.news.xs4all.nl!post.news.xs4all.nl!not-for-mail Return-Path: X-Original-To: python-list@python.org Delivered-To: python-list@mail.python.org X-Spam-Status: OK 0.003 X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 0.99; '*S*': 0.00; 'port,': 0.09; 'subject:language': 0.09; 'c++': 0.12; 'heavily': 0.15; 'result,': 0.15; 'cc:addr:python-list': 0.15; '"try': 0.16; '(none': 0.16; 'c++.': 0.16; 'goal.': 0.16; 'java.': 0.16; 'qt.': 0.16; 'refactored': 0.16; 'wrote:': 0.16; "wouldn't": 0.17; 'language': 0.17; 'wed,': 0.17; 'written': 0.19; 'jan': 0.19; 'java': 0.20; 'apache': 0.21; 'cc:no real name:2**0': 0.21; 'header:In-Reply- To:1': 0.22; 'extending': 0.23; 'received:74.125.82.174': 0.24; 'code': 0.25; 'code.': 0.26; 'fact': 0.27; 'cc:addr:gmail.com': 0.28; 'message-id:@mail.gmail.com': 0.28; 'sean': 0.28; 'cc:addr:python.org': 0.29; "didn't": 0.30; 'subject:?': 0.30; 'supposed': 0.32; 'received:74.125.82': 0.34; '...': 0.35; 'especially': 0.35; 'project': 0.35; 'url:python': 0.36; 'cc:2**1': 0.36; 'opposed': 0.36; 'with.': 0.37; 'received:74.125': 0.37; 'received:google.com': 0.37; 'enough': 0.37; 'easier': 0.38; 'open': 0.38; 'url:org': 0.39; 'being': 0.39; 'extend': 0.39; 'subject:: ': 0.39; 'got': 0.40; 'most': 0.60; 'design': 0.61; 'your': 0.61; '11,': 0.68 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; bh=igS00X17agHbgb1eY2XvTfdcjuzzZVFpTMYHtKHV60w=; b=Krofxzar+H+PvT+30Sw1XAnc2lzI9Fqcpk1B9Dxr4NSDAFtOJxWL2EGZbPa5yBh3Mk S/PyR6ZMCQTrtvBOcvdZyG6RD6ZlgQPn30+slaRjrDvhR2avKwFMhyRTCo6Pm8cQxhYh 7EyTzEi/JuAZhFKilcS++NFb1jNk6hu61VXXM= MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: References: Date: Fri, 13 Jan 2012 18:39:00 +0200 Subject: Re: open office in another language? From: Dotan Cohen To: Sean Wolfe Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Cc: python-list@python.org X-BeenThere: python-list@python.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.12 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion list for the Python programming language List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Message-ID: Lines: 28 NNTP-Posting-Host: 2001:888:2000:d::a6 X-Trace: 1326472741 news.xs4all.nl 6859 [2001:888:2000:d::a6]:46892 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl Xref: x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net comp.lang.python:18924 On Wed, Jan 11, 2012 at 00:17, Sean Wolfe wrote: > hmm I didn't know this, nice to know. Yes, C++ is still enough > overhead that I wouldn't want to try extending it ... I bet the code > is a whole lot to try and grok. > When Apache got the LibreOffice project they heavily refactored the code. As a result, LO is considered less of a monstrosity to hack on than Open Office. That said, if your goal is to "try to extend" an application, then being written in Java as opposed to C++ would be an advantage, not a disadvantage. Especially in an application the size of OOo. That said, only a few dialogues and wizards (none critical) are written in Java. Most is C++. > It would be nice to have an office suite in a newer language that is > easier to tinker with. Take a look at Calligra, C++ with Qt. It is supposed to be very easy to extend and port, in fact that was a design goal. http://calligra-suite.org/ -- Dotan Cohen http://what-is-what.com/what_is/python.html