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You can contribute to KDE with non-C++ code (rabbitictranslator.com)
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Not everything made by KDE uses C++. This is probably obvious to some people, but it’s worth mentioning nevertheless.

And I don’t mean this as just “well duh, KDE uses QtQuick which is written with C++ and QML”. I also don’t mean this as “well duh, Qt has a lot of bindings to other languages”. I mean explicitly “KDE has tools written primarily in certain languages and specialized formats”.

Note that I said “specialized formats”. I don’t want to restrict this blog post to only programming languages.

I’ll be straight to the point. You can contribute to KDE with:

  • Python
  • Ruby
  • Perl
  • Containerfile / Docker / Podman
  • HTML / SCSS / JavaScript
  • Web Assembly
  • Flatpak / Snap
  • CMake
  • Java
  • Rust

Here’s how.

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[–] GolfNovemberUniform@lemmy.ml -5 points 3 months ago (3 children)

Python

Please no don't make KDE slow.

[–] ReversalHatchery@beehaw.org 9 points 3 months ago

Good point, but I assume it's just a development tool

[–] 30p87@feddit.org 7 points 3 months ago (1 children)

A lot of stuff uses python under the hood, especially in Ubuntu and its deveriates.

[–] GolfNovemberUniform@lemmy.ml -1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

And?

[–] 30p87@feddit.org 8 points 3 months ago (1 children)

If it's used correctly, it doesn't slow down things.

[–] GolfNovemberUniform@lemmy.ml -4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Sorry but I need very good scientific proof to believe you. So far everything in Python was extremely slow for me.

[–] 30p87@feddit.org 6 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Of course, Python will always be slower than C/C++. But you'll only notice it's made with python if it is slow, otherwise you won't even think about it. Many system utils use it, for the convenience of ArgumentParser etc., but as they follow the principle of doing one thing only, but very quickly and well, you'll not even notice the difference between it being written in python, running for 0.1s, and C, running for 0.01s.

[–] GolfNovemberUniform@lemmy.ml -4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Of course, Python will always be slower than C/C++. But you'll only notice it's made with python if it is slow, otherwise you won't even think about it.

Is this an empty excuse lol?

you'll not even notice the difference between it being written in python, running for 0.1s, and C, running for 0.01s.

Now add 10 or 50 things like that together and see the difference. One thing never makes a difference but it's a combination of all of them that does. Ask ecologist for example.

[–] 30p87@feddit.org 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Chaining that together would make a difference if the whole DE would be written in Python, and only on startup. Almost everything you do is broken down into very simple instructions anyway. Instructions that run in milliseconds in every language.

[–] GolfNovemberUniform@lemmy.ml -1 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Sorry but your excuses only defend Python and induce bloat and planned obsolescence.

[–] Telorand@reddthat.com 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Now I'm going to, and you can't stop me!

[–] GolfNovemberUniform@lemmy.ml -4 points 3 months ago

I really hope it's a joke, mister/miss. Unfortunately FOSS projects leaders don't seem to mind Python or other slow code that much so it's on the contributors to keep the projects good.