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| From: | thomas weidner <yasea@×××.net> | ||
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| To: | gentoo-dev@g.o | ||
| Subject: | [gentoo-dev] Re: Gentoo Menu - Bash vs. Python Rule files | ||
| Date: | Wed, 13 Aug 2003 19:29:28 | ||
| Message-Id: | pan.2003.08.13.19.19.36.1601@gmx.net | ||
| In Reply to: | [gentoo-dev] Gentoo Menu - Bash vs. Python Rule files by Heinrich Wendel |
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| 1 | On Wed, 13 Aug 2003 18:44:24 +0200, Heinrich Wendel wrote: |
| 2 | |
| 3 | > Hi, |
| 4 | > |
| 5 | > Svyatogor and me are working on a menu system (like debian ones) for gentoo. |
| 6 | > Now we have come to the part where we have to decide whether to use python or |
| 7 | > bash scripts for the rule files of the window managers. |
| 8 | > |
| 9 | > The Python scripts are 2 times as fast as a bash script and in my opinion |
| 10 | > would make live easier, are easier to handle. But svyatogor votes for bash |
| 11 | > scripts, as more people know how to write bash scripts than python scripts, |
| 12 | > here an example of both: |
| 13 | > |
| 14 | > Python: |
| 15 | > http://www.gentoo.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/*checkout*/gentoo-menu/examples/fluxbox.py?rev=1.3&cvsroot=gentoo-src&content-type=text/plain |
| 16 | > |
| 17 | > Bash: |
| 18 | > http://www.gentoo.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/*checkout*/gentoo-menu/examples/fluxbox.wm?rev=1.3&cvsroot=gentoo-src&content-type=text/plain |
| 19 | > |
| 20 | > What would you prefer? |
| 21 | |
| 22 | Why not implement it natively in language A (Python for instance or even |
| 23 | C/C++) and write bindings for language B (Bash,Perl,Scheme,...) ? |
| 24 | |
| 25 | |
| 26 | |
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