thindil, 2 months ago

@gregorni Perhaps, but only with #Nim and only small apps. 😉

gregorni, 2 months ago

@thindil Good enough 👍

mo8it, 2 months ago

@gregorni What do you mean with "App" here? 😅

gregorni, 2 months ago

@mo8it Desktop apps

mo8it, 2 months ago

@gregorni Oh, I wouldn't recommend writing a desktop app using Julia, except for usage by scientists that also program and are able to install the Julia toolchain. The latency is too high for a deskrop app to be responsive.

gregorni, 2 months ago

@mo8it What latency are you talking about? Animations and responsiveness?

mo8it, 2 months ago

@gregorni Time to first X because of the JIT.

gregorni, 2 months ago

@mo8it Is it really that bad? I mean, Python is slow, and you can make great apps wit it

mo8it, 2 months ago

@gregorni It is not about being slow in general, it is about the latency, the startup time, the freeze after clicking a button for the first time and so on. This is because of the just-in-time compiler (JIT). Python is interpreted. This means that it is slow, but its latency is rather low for desktop apps.

Still, I wouldn't use a Python desktop app if I find an alternative. Look at ProtonUp. It works, but it looks awful and freezes often…

Better use a compiled language for desktop apps.

gregorni, 2 months ago

@mo8it Well, look at Letterpress: It's written in Python, and it's very fluid 😉

Besides, there's also nice and responsive apps written in C#, which is also JIT-compiled.

mo8it, 2 months ago

@gregorni I just tried it, Letterpress is a very good app made by you :D

ProtonUp is the example that I found in my installed apps. It is not representative and my average impression of Python apps is rather subjective.

I don't have an experience with C# apps on Linux.

gregorni, 2 months ago

@mo8it Basically all C# apps are in the Nickvision group. The ones I'm aware of are Cavalier, Denaro and Parabolic.