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Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: arch roadmap 1 (and "what's tom up to")
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Colin Walters |
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Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: arch roadmap 1 (and "what's tom up to") |
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Tue, 06 Jul 2004 17:45:01 -0400 |
On Tue, 2004-07-06 at 14:27 -0700, Jeremy Shaw wrote:
> Well, as it stands now, if you want to get information back from tla
> other than the return code, (e.g. the output of 'tla logs -sfD'), you
> must parse stdout/stderr. This is not a very good long-term
> strategy.
Or you could use bindings that exist for your language; e.g. pyarch for
Python.
> Think about what will happen when tla becomes
> internationalized...
I don't see how internationalization would change the output of "tla
logs -sfD".
> For large extensions (e.g. writing a GUI version of arch, you likely
> want a 'libarch' that has bindings to your favorite language. Tom
> mentioned that the VM development will likely drive the "librifying"
> of libarch -- so even if you don't use the VM, you will still benefit
> if you want your favorite language to have a good libarch binding.
librifying libarch is indeed an extremely useful thing. A built in VM
is of questionable to no value.
> Also, a built in extension language, might make for a conveniant way
> to add safe, project-specific scripts.
There are plenty of existing languages and tools for that. As for the
"built in" (i.e. "no extra dependency") part, see my reply to Daniel.
> ==> crazy example <==
Indeed.
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- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] arch roadmap 1 (and "what's tom up to"), (continued)
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] arch roadmap 1 (and "what's tom up to"), Colin Walters, 2004/07/02
- [Gnu-arch-users] Re: arch roadmap 1 (and "what's tom up to"), Daniel James, 2004/07/02
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: arch roadmap 1 (and "what's tom up to"), Jan Hudec, 2004/07/03
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: arch roadmap 1 (and "what's tom up to"), Colin Walters, 2004/07/04
- [Gnu-arch-users] Re: arch roadmap 1 (and "what's tom up to"), Daniel James, 2004/07/05
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: arch roadmap 1 (and "what's tom up to"), Colin Walters, 2004/07/05
- [Gnu-arch-users] Re: arch roadmap 1 (and "what's tom up to"), Daniel James, 2004/07/06
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: arch roadmap 1 (and "what's tom up to"), Colin Walters, 2004/07/06
- [Gnu-arch-users] Re: arch roadmap 1 (and "what's tom up to"), Daniel James, 2004/07/06
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: arch roadmap 1 (and "what's tom up to"), Jeremy Shaw, 2004/07/06
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: arch roadmap 1 (and "what's tom up to"),
Colin Walters <=
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: arch roadmap 1 (and "what's tom up to"), Ron Parker, 2004/07/06
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: arch roadmap 1 (and "what's tom up to"), Jeremy Shaw, 2004/07/06
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: arch roadmap 1 (and "what's tom up to"), Aaron Bentley, 2004/07/06
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: arch roadmap 1 (and "what's tom up to"), Robert Collins, 2004/07/06
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: arch roadmap 1 (and "what's tom up to"), Jeremy Shaw, 2004/07/06
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: arch roadmap 1 (and "what's tom up to"), Anselm Lingnau, 2004/07/07
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: arch roadmap 1 (and "what's tom up to"), Tom Lord, 2004/07/07
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: arch roadmap 1 (and "what's tom up to"), Andrew Suffield, 2004/07/07
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: arch roadmap 1 (and "what's tom up to"), Tom Lord, 2004/07/07
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: arch roadmap 1 (and "what's tom up to"), Marcus Sundman, 2004/07/07