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From: Daniel Jacobowitz <drow@false.org>
To: gdb@sourceware.org
Subject: Re: GDB and scripting languages - which
Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2007 22:07:00 -0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20070212215038.GA23368@caradoc.them.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <45D0DF34.2090405@adacore.com>

On Mon, Feb 12, 2007 at 04:42:12PM -0500, Robert Dewar wrote:
> To me, the fundamental requirement for a language to be used for
> writing gdb scripts (I refuse to use the bogus term scripting
> language :-)) is that it be widely used and widely familiar
> as well as being a decently designed language. To me Python
> meets these criteria, Lua does not. Mere technical arguments
> are not enough for a choice in a case like this.

By the way, if it weren't for this concern, I think I'd (slightly)
prefer Lua.  It would probably be a little easier to embed and lower
footprint.  But I think it would be overall less useful.

-- 
Daniel Jacobowitz
CodeSourcery


  reply	other threads:[~2007-02-12 21:50 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
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 [this message]
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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