From: Paul Koning <pkoning@equallogic.com>
To: bob_rossi@cox.net
Cc: jimb@codesourcery.com, gdb@sourceware.org
Subject: Re: GDB and scripting languages - which
Date: Tue, 09 Jan 2007 21:37:00 -0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <17828.2852.359000.383405@gargle.gargle.HOWL> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20070109202343.GD9844@cox.net>
>>>>> "Bob" == Bob Rossi <bob_rossi@cox.net> writes:
Bob> On Tue, Jan 09, 2007 at 12:11:50PM -0800, Jim Blandy wrote:
>> I would prefer that GDB use a single extension language, and that
>> that language be Python. Python has more momentum than Guile in
>> almost any way one might measure it:
>>
>> - number of users who are familiar with it - body of large
>> programs written in it - number of modules available for reuse -
>> number of programs embedding it - number of books available for
>> learning it
Bob> There is one issue I think that makes using TCL a good scripting
Bob> language for GDB. I'm not sure how important this is however. If
Bob> the language is TCL, it'll be very easy to test in GDB's test
Bob> suite.
I would think it's good to stay away from TCL. I won't say more
because I don't want to start a language war. Python can certainly be
scripted, and it has good support for testsuite type things.
paul
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2007-01-09 21:37 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 56+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2007-01-08 22:20 Daniel Jacobowitz
2007-01-08 22:39 ` Kip Macy
2007-01-08 22:42 ` Daniel Jacobowitz
2007-01-08 23:03 ` Kip Macy
2007-01-08 22:40 ` Bob Rossi
2007-01-09 20:11 ` Jim Blandy
2007-01-09 20:23 ` Bob Rossi
2007-01-09 21:37 ` Paul Koning [this message]
2007-01-09 21:42 ` Daniel Jacobowitz
2007-01-09 21:48 ` Nick Roberts
2007-01-09 21:53 ` Daniel Jacobowitz
2007-01-11 4:31 ` Nick Roberts
2007-01-11 5:06 ` Daniel Jacobowitz
2007-01-13 8:30 ` Eli Zaretskii
2007-01-09 21:55 ` Kip Macy
2007-01-11 14:56 ` Robert Dewar
2007-01-11 15:07 ` Robert Dewar
2007-01-09 20:30 ` Mark Kettenis
2007-01-13 8:32 ` Eli Zaretskii
2007-02-10 12:28 ` Eli Zaretskii
2007-02-10 18:10 ` Pedro Alves
2007-02-10 20:33 ` Daniel Jacobowitz
2007-02-12 17:47 ` Jim Blandy
2007-02-12 21:36 ` Eli Zaretskii
2007-02-12 21:59 ` Robert Dewar
2007-02-12 22:07 ` Daniel Jacobowitz
2007-02-12 22:07 ` Robert Dewar
2007-02-14 5:57 ` Jim Blandy
2007-02-14 15:42 ` Eli Zaretskii
2007-02-14 16:01 ` Paul Koning
2007-02-14 17:50 ` Eli Zaretskii
2007-02-14 16:06 ` Daniel Jacobowitz
2007-02-14 18:01 ` Eli Zaretskii
2007-02-14 18:45 ` Daniel Jacobowitz
2007-02-14 17:37 ` Robert Dewar
2007-02-14 18:24 ` Eli Zaretskii
2007-02-14 18:29 ` Robert Dewar
2007-02-14 18:33 ` Eli Zaretskii
2007-02-14 18:34 ` Robert Dewar
2007-02-14 20:14 ` Jim Blandy
2007-02-14 20:56 ` Robert Dewar
2007-02-14 21:47 ` Jim Blandy
2007-02-14 21:23 ` Jim Blandy
2007-02-14 21:46 ` Robert Dewar
2007-02-14 20:10 ` Jim Blandy
2007-02-15 1:03 ` Gaius Mulley
2007-02-17 13:53 ` Eli Zaretskii
2007-02-17 14:07 ` Daniel Jacobowitz
2007-02-18 4:11 ` Robert Dewar
2007-02-19 22:17 ` Jim Blandy
2007-01-15 18:29 Kaz Kylheku
2007-01-15 21:20 ` Eli Zaretskii
2007-01-16 0:17 ` Kip Macy
2007-01-17 19:09 ` Jim Blandy
2007-01-16 0:38 Kaz Kylheku
2007-01-17 19:24 ` Jim Blandy
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