Sujet : Re: GIMP 3.0.0-RC1
De : nospam (at) *nospam* example.net (D)
Groupes : comp.os.linux.misc comp.os.linux.advocacyDate : 02. Jan 2025, 12:30:14
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On Thu, 2 Jan 2025, rbowman wrote:
On Wed, 1 Jan 2025 23:16:10 +0100, D wrote:
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Another "mini culture" I keep my eyes on is the sqlite community. In
many respects, anti-Linux, but they are producing powerful software!
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Are there other projects you think are of similar power, in terms of use
and quality, as sqlite? Maybe the curl community?
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I like SQLLite and have used it in several projects. It works just as well
in C# .NET with
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using Microsoft.Data.Sqlite;
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as in C with
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#include "sqlite3.h"
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allowing both to use the same data. I do like that it's public domain
like most free software was before Stallman. otoh PostgresSQL is more
powerful and has a permissive license.
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https://opensource.org/license/postgresql
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After all, the SQLite developers ask "What would Postgres do?"
Postgres is interesting. It's old, but doesn't get mentioned a lot these days. Would you say their engineering culture is something to study?
There are a couple of other worthwhile projects like Python :)
I've heard that many people do not like the python 2 to 3 debacle, and that python is becoming worse from a governance perspective. I've heard the woke mind virus has settled deep within the python project.
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