[Freeciv-Dev] Re: [RFC][Patch] Reduce bandwith by using deltas

[Davide Pagnin <nightmare@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Mon, 2002-11-04 at 15:41, Mike Kaufman wrote:
> On Mon, Nov 04, 2002 at 02:24:17PM +0000, Per I. Mathisen wrote:
> > 
> > Maybe not, I am not sure. But at least you do not require freeciv coders
> > to know Python... and a programming language you don't know is never
> > pretty.
> 
> I am entirely against a solution which requires an additional prerequisite
> to compiling freeciv, be it either perl or python.
> 
> -mike

I agree with Mike (this time).

I like delta improvement, to reduce network bandwidth.

But I strongly support a solution that uses plain C (as we used until
now) and that I'm sure can be adopted.

All python or perl magic, should be something limited to create the new
code tree, not something needed from now and forever.

        Ciao, Davide