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Re: python?

From: Shannon Holland <holland at loser dot net>
To: eCos Discussion <ecos-discuss at sources dot redhat dot com>
Date: Sun, 9 Mar 2003 11:27:36 -0800
Subject: Re: [ECOS] python?

On Sunday, March 9, 2003, at 01:00 AM, David N. Welton wrote:

My guess is that something like Lua would be easier to port.  I have a
functioning Forth port (see my free software page), but maybe you
don't consider that an improvement over C (or assembler:-).  IIRC,
Python considers 'files' one of the built-in types - something that it
doesn't want to do without, whereas Ecos can happily be built without
them.

Yes, I did consider Lua. It would be much easier to port and it's runtime requirements are much lower as well. Where it fell down for me is it doesn't have a large base of existing libraries that I can quickly build on top of. Once I get beyond a prototyping phase, lua is something I would definitely be considering.

Thanks!

Shannon


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