|
|
| GeoCommunity Mailing List |
| |
| Mailing List Archives |
| Subject: | RE: Alternatives (was: [gislist] ArcGIS 9 -
recommendpostponinginstallation) |
| Date: |
06/01/2004 03:10:01 PM |
| From: |
Sonny Parafina |
|
|
When compiled it does become machine code. High level languages allow
developers to write that can be compiled across multiple target
architectures instead of coding just for one. If your architecture is
constrained for a specific device/processor then it becomes practical.
GRC writes its software in assembly because their utilities deal with
relatively low level operations, this makes sense for what they are doing.
However, writing a more "generic" or user customizable program such as a GIS
would not be cost effective in terms of writing for each and every hardware
architecture.
sonny
-----Original Message-----
From: gislist-bounces@lists.thinkburst.com
[mailto:gislist-bounces@lists.thinkburst.com]On Behalf Of Anthony
Quartararo
Sent: Tuesday, June 01, 2004 11:56 AM
To: gislist@lists.thinkburst.com
Subject: RE: Alternatives (was: [gislist] ArcGIS 9 -
recommendpostponinginstallation)
On a related tangent, I think, and not being a programmer, a big "your
welcome" for any knee-slapping laughs this questions generates, but why/why
aren't GIS applications developed in machine/assembly language ? I
frequently visit www.grc.com for nifty tools, and have always been impressed
with their technical resources, and they exclusively use machine language to
keep things fast. Granted, their applications are very focused and
single-tasked, but why couldn't that development model be scaled to
something as robust as a full GIS ? Ok, when you recover fully from the
laughter, you can let me know....
Anthony
_______________________________________________
gislist mailing list
gislist@lists.geocomm.com
http://lists.geocomm.com/mailman/listinfo/gislist
_________________________________
This list is brought to you by
The GeoCommunity
http://www.geocomm.com/
Get Access to the latest GIS & Geospatial Industry RFPs and bids
http://www.geobids.com
_______________________________________________
gislist mailing list
gislist@lists.geocomm.com
http://lists.geocomm.com/mailman/listinfo/gislist
_________________________________
This list is brought to you by
The GeoCommunity
http://www.geocomm.com/
Get Access to the latest GIS & Geospatial Industry RFPs and bids
http://www.geobids.com
|
|
Sponsored by:
For information
regarding
advertising rates
Click Here!
|
