From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 30493 invoked by alias); 11 Jul 2008 21:54:41 -0000 Received: (qmail 30454 invoked by uid 22791); 11 Jul 2008 21:54:40 -0000 X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-2.5 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00 X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from NaN.false.org (HELO nan.false.org) (208.75.86.248) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.31) with ESMTP; Fri, 11 Jul 2008 21:54:16 +0000 Received: from nan.false.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by nan.false.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F1B4C98415; Fri, 11 Jul 2008 21:54:14 +0000 (GMT) Received: from caradoc.them.org (22.svnf5.xdsl.nauticom.net [209.195.183.55]) by nan.false.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DCD1598376; Fri, 11 Jul 2008 21:54:14 +0000 (GMT) Received: from drow by caradoc.them.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1KHQZC-0008TW-1H; Fri, 11 Jul 2008 17:54:14 -0400 Date: Fri, 11 Jul 2008 21:54:00 -0000 From: Daniel Jacobowitz To: Tom Tromey Cc: Jan Kratochvil , Frysk List Subject: Re: Roadmap beginnings Message-ID: <20080711215413.GB30836@caradoc.them.org> References: <20080711205531.GA15721@host0.dyn.jankratochvil.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.17 (2008-05-11) X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact frysk-help@sourceware.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: frysk-owner@sourceware.org X-SW-Source: 2008-q3/txt/msg00027.txt.bz2 On Fri, Jul 11, 2008 at 03:36:22PM -0600, Tom Tromey wrote: > Kinda OT, but: the choice of Python for gdb has more or less the same > rationale; but there I didn't pick it -- I just picked up Volodya's > initial code, and I think he followed the outcome of a discussion on > the gdb list in early 2007. Yes, that's correct. A wide gamut of programming languages were suggested (my original prototype used Guile), but we settled on Python in order to have a single standard language with a substantial user base. -- Daniel Jacobowitz CodeSourcery