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
next prev parent 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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