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Re: Karamba is cool but...
by Caspian on Monday 05/May/2003, @02:16

Actually the python/c++ nature of SKaramba works out very nicely. Most of all the hard work is done in c++ libs, not in python, so in reality the python code stays out of the way (for the most part) and isn't a limiting factor to the speed of the program. The people writing python enabled karamba themes just need to realize that they need to be cognizant of CPU usage in their programs (like the C++ coders already do.)

I released a SKaramba theme called kroller, and it uses much less CPU than the original Tuxbar (for an unknown reason). The version I will be releasing today or tomorrow will use about 1/2 the CPU of the current version, and I have plans to release a version that will hopefully use at least 1/2 of that sometime in the next few weeks.

I think that right now the people writing karamba themes aren't worried about CPU usage, it's all about "ohh! look what I can do!", and not really about making CPU effecient programs. With time these themes (and karamba itself) will mature and I think we'll have an awesome addition to the KDE.

With that said, it would still be very cool to have SKaramba's functionality exposed as a library :)

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