From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 25488 invoked by alias); 12 Feb 2007 21:50:46 -0000 Received: (qmail 25474 invoked by uid 22791); 12 Feb 2007 21:50:45 -0000 X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from nevyn.them.org (HELO nevyn.them.org) (66.93.172.17) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.31.1) with ESMTP; Mon, 12 Feb 2007 21:50:40 +0000 Received: from dsl093-172-095.pit1.dsl.speakeasy.net ([66.93.172.95] helo=caradoc.them.org) by nevyn.them.org with esmtp (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1HGj4I-0001PL-LD for gdb@sourceware.org; Mon, 12 Feb 2007 16:50:38 -0500 Received: from drow by caradoc.them.org with local (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1HGj4I-0006Mt-Gs for gdb@sourceware.org; Mon, 12 Feb 2007 16:50:38 -0500 Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2007 22:07:00 -0000 From: Daniel Jacobowitz To: gdb@sourceware.org Subject: Re: GDB and scripting languages - which Message-ID: <20070212215038.GA23368@caradoc.them.org> Mail-Followup-To: gdb@sourceware.org References: <20070108222005.GA27451@nevyn.them.org> <20070210203307.GA27502@nevyn.them.org> <45D0DF34.2090405@adacore.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <45D0DF34.2090405@adacore.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.13 (2006-08-11) X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact gdb-help@sourceware.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: gdb-owner@sourceware.org X-SW-Source: 2007-02/txt/msg00091.txt.bz2 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