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On Fri, Apr 13, 2001 at 01:40:17AM -0600, Pete Gavin wrote: |
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: I've been looking at SWIG a bit, and I think it would be really |
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: helpful for this stuff. That way, we might eventually be able to make |
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: it so that most portage stuff is also available from perl, and anyone |
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: who wants to access portage from perl may do so easily. (I know some |
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: of you may cringe at this, but I happen to like perl :) but don't |
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: worry, I like python equally... both have their uses) |
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Curiousity on my part. Is there any reason why we're looking to step |
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away from python? It appears as though the Linux/Python connection are |
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here to stay. Especially with ESR's new CML2 project. As we go |
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forward, one won't even be able to rebuild the kernel w/out Python. |
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Achim, have you looked at the freeze module for compiling the python |
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bits for the embedded devices you're working on (instead of rewriting |
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them in C++)? |
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Like I said, just curious. |
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--Jerry |
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name: Jerry Alexandratos || Open-Source software isn't a |
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phone: 703.599.6023 || matter of life or death... |
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email: jerry@×××××××.org || ...It's much more important |
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|| than that! |
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