Date: Thu, 25 Mar 2010 10:47:02 +0100 From: Ivan Voras <ivoras@freebsd.org> To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Another tool for updating /etc -- lua||other script language bikeshed Message-ID: <hofbep$8p8$1@dough.gmane.org> In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1003250842520.14365@fledge.watson.org> References: <201003231108.45102.jhb@freebsd.org> <hod31p$qlc$1@dough.gmane.org> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1003250842520.14365@fledge.watson.org>
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On 03/25/10 09:51, Robert Watson wrote: > > On Wed, 24 Mar 2010, Ivan Voras wrote: > >> Wouldn't it be nice to have a "blessed" (i.e. present-in-base) script >> language interpreter with a syntax that has evolved since the >> 1970-ies? (with a side-glance to C that *has* evolved since the K&R >> style). > ... >> As a possible alternative, or at least to learn about others' opinion >> on the subject, I'd like to suggest Lua (http://www.lua.org/). > > I think there are lots of good arguments for Lua in the base, but that > etcmerge is definitely not one of them :-). Of course! Maybe I should have worded it better - my post has nothing specifically to do with etcmerge. At most it could serve some future developer and/or project.
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