Date: Fri, 14 Mar 2014 23:51:44 -0400 From: Walt Ford <walt.ford@yahoo.com> To: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> Cc: freebsd-hackers <freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org>, =?utf-8?B?5pyx5rGf?= <mail.jiang.cn@gmail.com> Subject: Re: Overhaul the config system with Lua Message-ID: <20140315035144.GC6674@nbu> In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1403142108190.24490@wonkity.com> References: <CAA_8tFojhn66ZkaR_Bxzv3fMzbuc6o2J9fYe4-pW6X0skgA8=Q@mail.gmail.com> <20140315001820.GB5765@nbu> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1403142108190.24490@wonkity.com>
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On Fri, Mar 14, 2014 at 09:36:34PM -0600, Warren Block wrote: > On Fri, 14 Mar 2014, Walt Ford wrote: > > >That's an excellent project. I've had Lua in my own base system for > >years and have converted the rc system to use it at various times, > >along with some base utilities. > > Speaking as someone who thinks too much stuff is in base... I'd like > to see Lua in base. Or any modern scripting language, but Lua is > small and has the right license. NetBSD put it in their kernel (!). I agree, I think all of contrib should be in ports only, but I prefer a base with Lua. I didn't know NetBSD put it in their kernel. I started experimenting with an embedded interpreter as a replacement for mi_startup() to easily pass control back to it from subsystems, but I never got too far. -- Walt
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