[Author Prev][Author Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Author Index][Thread Index]

Re: gEDA-user: PCB GTK version...



On Jul 27, 2005, at 11:43 AM, Samuel A. Falvo II wrote:
Anyway, whether or not their particular system can handle GTK, people should
look beyond speed. It's possible the temporary speed problem will be solved
by improvements in hardware with time. The bigger problem is the design of

I don't like this argument. It is wasteful and,

I have to speak up in agreement here.

 let's face it, most
desktop computers today are more powerful than the world's fastest
supercomputers only 10 years ago.

Umm no, not quite, sorry. :) I'll give you 20 years, but not 10.

  These supercomputers were and still
are often used for rendering, in real-time, 3D displays with full
color and often at resolutions that makes one just go Wow (of course,
this is often at the end of spending months of computing time for the
scientific data that is used to render the images).  Yet, GTK is
abhorrently slow at event handling and user responsiveness.  Why?

Code bloat, plain and simple. The mentality seems to be "Look kids, look what I can do!! Aren't I clever?"


          -Dave

--
Dave McGuire "I wonder what 'Error Code 1' means. That's
Cape Coral, FL what it said when it started smoking." -Jonathan Patschke