[Gambas-user] Why is Gambas so frowned upon in the Linux programming community

[richard terry]

On Mon, 31 Mar 2008 08:58:39 am jbskaggs wrote:
> I have been looking for people to help me alpha / beta test my program by
> going to the ubuntu forums and asking for volunteers.
>
> One of the responses was this snippy response that People in the Ubuntu
> community do not use a vb clone and they would not like to either.  That I
> should use Python or C++.

Beats me, I loved python, but boy, wxPython sucks big time, and its millions 
of times quicker developing in Gambas - once your learning curve improves you 
discover more and more to like, and things just seem to work.

>
> SO I searched the web for other forums looking for people to help or
> volunteer and I saw the same comments over and over.

I did volunteer - you sent no reply, so if you want a tester, mail me.

Richard

>
> What is the deal with these people?  Not everybody wants to learn a
> hardcore language and just wants to create apps, why is that so frowned
> upon?
>
> Is it because VB was used in windows?  or that Gambas is tearing down a
> wall of superiority of linux programmers.
>
>
> It reminds me of firebuilding in the boy scouts:
>
> The hardcore guys would spend three or four hours building a fire with
> flint and steel, or wood and bow.  While the kids with common sense used a
> match. Yeah if you can start a fire with flint you can build a fire
> anywhere, but 99% of the time a match is superior.
>
> Is there a better reason than well you NEED to know how to program without
> crutches like gui generation, why I should learn harder languages if Gambas
> does everything I want?
>
> JB