From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 31022 invoked by alias); 13 Dec 2003 04:07:51 -0000 Mailing-List: contact xconq7-help@sources.redhat.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: xconq7-owner@sources.redhat.com Received: (qmail 31015 invoked from network); 13 Dec 2003 04:07:49 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO garm.central.cmich.local) (141.209.15.48) by sources.redhat.com with SMTP; 13 Dec 2003 04:07:49 -0000 Received: from leon.phy.cmich.edu ([141.209.165.20]) by egate1.central.cmich.local with Microsoft SMTPSVC(5.0.2195.6713); Fri, 12 Dec 2003 23:07:47 -0500 Received: from localhost (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by leon.phy.cmich.edu (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0E0D570012; Fri, 12 Dec 2003 23:07:45 -0500 (EST) Date: Sat, 13 Dec 2003 04:40:00 -0000 From: Eric McDonald To: Lee Wenzbauer Cc: xconq7@sources.redhat.com Subject: Re: development languages In-Reply-To: <20031207173649.48164.qmail@web41807.mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-OriginalArrivalTime: 13 Dec 2003 04:07:47.0101 (UTC) FILETIME=[AA9454D0:01C3C12E] X-SW-Source: 2003/txt/msg01015.txt.bz2 On Sun, 7 Dec 2003, Lee Wenzbauer wrote: > tried > modifying/writing scenarios in GDL and when they > didn't perform as expected I went hacking through the > ai code. IMHO if you can clean up and fortify GDL > then it is easy to write a perl module that would let > developers write in perl after they installed the > module. That way you don't exclude anybody. Well, if you want to see all the reasons why Perl may not be a suitable replacement for GDL, please see consult the list archives. We had a rather toasty flamewar over this (and quite a few other things) around the middle of November. If you are thinking about writing a Perl API for Xconq, then go for it. I can think of several other people on this list who would probably appreciate it, even though Python seemed to be a more popular choice (though it was not always clear whether it was being considered as an API for the Xconq engine, AI's, or a GDL replacement). Eric