Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 4 Dec 2001 11:50:49 -0700 | From | Tom Rini <> | Subject | Re: [kbuild-devel] Converting the 2.5 kernel to kbuild 2.5 |
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On Tue, Dec 04, 2001 at 07:50:45PM +0100, Ra?l N??ez de Arenas Coronado wrote:
> >The spec for CML2 is out there, and there's even a CML2-in-C project. > > How advanced? Where is the spec, please?
I'm not sure how far the C version is, the spec is: http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/cml2/cml2-reference.html
> >> The kernel should depend just on the compiler and assembler, IMHO. > >The right tools for the right job. C is good for the kernel. Python is > >good at manipulating strings. > > Well, IMHO Python is good only in being big and doing things > slow, but... why the parser cannot be built over flex/bison?. That > way it can be 'pregenerated' and people won't need additional tools > to build the kernel.
ESR didn't feel it was the right choice, basically.
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