Re: larger issue (Re: Linux install misses Tk)

["Rick.McNeal" <mcneal@Central>]

> 
> 	I do not believe your assumption about getting more conduits in
> java is correct.  I know that it is much, much easier to piece apart
> database formats and parse strings in perl than it could ever be in java.  
> 	N.B., there is a pilot-link interface for java.  Serial port
> access, I don't think, is an issue any more.  Someone correct me if I'm
> wrong.

IMHO, writing conduits in Java would be far easier. Then again, I know
Java and have never written anything using perl. 

I would agree with most and say that pilotmanager should, at least
for the present, remain tied to perl. Once Java becomes more widely
available for these obscure OS's like linux (grin, duck, and run)
it might make since to rewrite pilotmanger in Java if we can avoid
the types of configuration problems that seem to plague folks today.

Rick


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