[gentoo-dev] Re: Gentoo Menu - Bash vs. Python Rule files

[thomas weidner <yasea@gmx.net>]

On Wed, 13 Aug 2003 18:44:24 +0200, Heinrich Wendel wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> Svyatogor and me are working on a menu system (like debian ones) for gentoo.
> Now we have come to the part where we have to decide whether to use python or 
> bash scripts for the rule files of the window managers.
> 
> The Python scripts are 2 times as fast as a bash script and in my opinion 
> would make live easier, are easier to handle. But svyatogor votes for bash 
> scripts, as more people know how to write bash scripts than python scripts, 
> here an example of both:
> 
> Python:
> http://www.gentoo.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/*checkout*/gentoo-menu/examples/fluxbox.py?rev=1.3&cvsroot=gentoo-src&content-type=text/plain  
>  
> Bash:
> http://www.gentoo.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/*checkout*/gentoo-menu/examples/fluxbox.wm?rev=1.3&cvsroot=gentoo-src&content-type=text/plain
> 
> What would you prefer?

Why not implement it natively in language A (Python for instance or even
C/C++) and write bindings for language B (Bash,Perl,Scheme,...) ?



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