On Tue, 2018-07-17 at 19:13 +0200, Basile Starynkevitch wrote: > Hello All, > > > In https://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc/2018-07/msg00233.html Martin Liška > wrote: > > > I've recently touched AWK option generate machinery and it's quite > > unpleasant > > to make any adjustments. My question is simple: can we starting > > using a scripting > > language like Python and replace usage of the AWK scripts? It's > > probably question > > for Steering committee, but I would like to see feedback from > > community. > > I would suggest also (and perhaps instead) considering using GNU > Guile > https://www.gnu.org/software/guile/ > > (personally, I prefer Guile to Python, but that is just my > preference) > > Since Guile is the preferred GNU scripting language (for example > Guile > is a GNU project, but AFAIK Python is not). > > BTW, I dislike Python syntax (my personal taste is an allergy to > significant spaces, but I admit it is just a matter of taste and I > could > contribute some Python code in the future if it becomes needed). > Also, I > am noticing that these days the Python project might have some > governance issues (see e.g. https://lwn.net/Articles/759654/ in case > you > did not heard about it).
[disclosure: I'm a CPython core developer, albeit a rather dormant one] "Governance issues" seems a little strong to me: yes, Guido is stepping down as BDFL, but will still participate, and CPython is one of the best-run FLOSS projects I've had the pleasure of participating in. I'm sure that the project will continue to be well-run. > However, the idea of depending more deeply on a good scripting > language > in GCC is very pleasant. Indeed. I'm a fan of Python in this regard, as you might have guessed :) Dave
