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Future - What's the Future ?

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Re: Future - What's the Future ?
by xdg (Monsignor) on Sep 16, 2005 at 15:05 UTC

    So, then what are the non-free languages? And what's the war?

    Do you include as "free" languages things like:

    • Python
    • Ruby
    • Java
    • Javascript
    • C++
    • Lisp
    • (stopping here as I think the point is made)

    Then it's kind of a moot point, right? Do you mean free as in freely published as a language spec? Or free as in "have a free compiler"? Either way, I'm not sure what you're worried about.

    -xdg

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Re: Future - What's the Future ?
by dragonchild (Archbishop) on Sep 16, 2005 at 17:27 UTC
    A language is just a specification. Anyone is free to implement a compiler / interpreter for any given specification. For example, Mono is an implementation of the .Net spec. It's not a very good implementation, but it's one, nonetheless. The same with IDEs, debuggers, and all the other trappings that some programmers mistakenly conflate with the language itself. For example, Komodo is for-pay, but it's a Perl IDE. Does that make Perl "free" or not?

    I think your question should really be: "Will F/OSS language infrastructure continue to grow or not?" And, the answer to that is "Most likely." The big question is whether or not the support that's needed for large-scale public adoption of these technologies will keep pace. RedHat doesn't sell Linux - it sells Linux support, infrastructure, and knowhow. Will there be a similar offerings for other items, like GCC and/or Mono? That's the key.


    My criteria for good software:
    1. Does it work?
    2. Can someone else come in, make a change, and be reasonably certain no bugs were introduced?
Re: Future - What's the Future ?
by zentara (Archbishop) on Sep 16, 2005 at 19:43 UTC
    C'mon.... we all know the future is Perl6. :-)

    I'm not really a human, but I play one on earth. flash japh
      Which, unfortunately, is in the unforeseeable future. :(

      thor

      Feel the white light, the light within
      Be your own disciple, fan the sparks of will
      For all of us waiting, your kingdom will come

        I like it in the unforseeable future...... you know it's there, but you don't have to worry about it yet. :-) Sort of a peaceful, easy feeling.

        I'm not really a human, but I play one on earth. flash japh
        Which, unfortunately, is in the unforeseeable future. :(

        That's the only kind of future they make.

        Don't you see? The genius of Perl 6 is that Perl 6 is the future now, and will always be the future! Permanent destiny!
        rjbs
Re: Future - What's the Future ?
by pg (Canon) on Sep 16, 2005 at 19:37 UTC

    Most of the languages are FREE. Even C# is free, what is not free is the IDE. That war you see is most likely not there, in the way you perceived.

Re: Future - What's the Future ?
by Anonymous Monk on Sep 17, 2005 at 13:51 UTC
    the future is now, next question
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