Date: Sun, 22 Aug 2010 14:03:19 +0200 From: Matthias Andree <mandree@FreeBSD.org> To: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Interpreted language(s) in the base Message-ID: <4C711207.5090608@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <86wrriki4g.fsf@ds4.des.no> References: <4C6505A4.9060203@FreeBSD.org> <4C650B75.3020800@FreeBSD.org> <4C651192.9020403@FreeBSD.org> <i477eo$i4d$1@dough.gmane.org> <4C673898.2080609@FreeBSD.org> <AANLkTim_prShRiHkLnFbhek9%2Beaa-KaJ5oZtNo%2BLd0K1@mail.gmail.com> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1008152240370.66595@qbhto.arg> <20100818134341.GA88861@johnny.reilly.home> <AANLkTinHtzt=ELPvQBaaRBUzN-U88EXDMenZwrRsY3NL@mail.gmail.com> <AANLkTimNSG7aMvcuKytOjNAdSZe=pnqEvn0Pz8SpNki6@mail.gmail.com> <AANLkTi=uYRb1Qph08HE2Ghgmobtge86H7Vi=v91z9Cc4@mail.gmail.com> <86r5htdqmu.fsf@ds4.des.no> <AANLkTinUpddVzUTTGn_vPpM-VskBfttsXm5u2ONtjtPJ@mail.gmail.com> <86wrriki4g.fsf@ds4.des.no>
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Am 22.08.2010 13:21, schrieb Dag-Erling Smørgrav: > Gabor PALI <pgj@FreeBSD.org> writes: >> Dag-Erling Smørgrav <des@des.no> writes: >>> Gabor PALI <pgj@FreeBSD.org> writes: >>>> Sorry for chiming in, just a quick idea. If you find the "get a >>>> high-level language that compiled to C" idea good, >>> I don't think it's a good idea >> Could you be more specific on your concerns? I am just curious. > > If we want compiled code, we already have C and C++. What we need is an > interpreted language with good libraries so people can write scripts and > one-liners without having to jump through too many hoops and worry about > quoting. The result may not be as fast as a compiled program, but it > will be much faster than a shell script and take less time to write than > either C or shell. Looks a bit like a swing. First we remove Perl from the base system (years ago) and move to sed/awk, now we discuss using a scripting language in the base system...
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