Re: [Setup-tool-hackers] Gnome System Tools + PGI + Progenyhackers + more developers from Debian = working Debian Desktop

[Richard Bos <allabos freeler nl>]

Op donderdag 7 november 2002 05:50, schreef Jeff Licquia:
> Cool.  Is Perl really necessary, or can other language bindings be
> developed?  Someone mentioned that XML is used as a communication
> standard; if that's so, it shouldn't be too hard to write language
> bindings.

Op donderdag 7 november 2002 01:26, schreef Tollef Fog Heen:
> Having the backends language-agnostic would be a good thing.  Many
> people dislike perl and like python instead.  Some people want to
> write stuff in C or Prolog or something, and unless there's a good
> reason to restrict backends to one language, I don't think we should.

The perl backends check e.g. on what system (solaris, linux distro, version, 
etc) they are running, there are of course functions to parse and the 
incoming xml and to compose the outcoming output stream.  If these functions 
can be bind (for consistency) to other languages you have your language 
problem solved.

-- 
Richard Bos
Without a home the journey is endless


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