Re: GDB and scripting languages - which

Daniel Jacobowitz
2007-02-12T21:50:46Z

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.

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Daniel Jacobowitz
CodeSourcery