[Ffmpeg-devel] Re: FFMPEG code a mess

[Måns Rullgård]

G?bor Farkas said:
> M?ns Rullg?rd wrote:
>> G?bor Farkas said:
>>>>Functions.
>>>
>>>static methods could solve this problem for you
>>
>>
>> They still need a class context to live in.  If you had ever worked on a JVM
>> implementation you'd know that this is far more complicated than plain ol' C
>> functions.
>
> that might be true. but i don't understand.
> in which way does that affect you as a developer who USES java?

It makes applications run slower and use more memory.  Furthermore, it
doesn't always make sense with a class wrapper around functions.

>>>please read my answers to the other poster's mails on this topic.
>>>
>>>and, if it REALLY matters to you to STORE those numbers IN MEMORY in the
>>>unsigned form, i think maybe java is not the most suitable language. i
>>
>>
>> That's what I started off saying.  You've just proven my point.
>>
>
> i thought your original point was:
> "OOP is sometimes quite useful.  However, Java is always wrong."

I say "java is not the most suitable language" is covered by "Java is always
wrong".

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