Mail Archives: djgpp/2009/05/16/23:21:36
> From: Rugxulo <rugxulo AT gmail DOT com>
> Date: Sat, 16 May 2009 15:16:25 -0700 (PDT)
>
> Perl 5.6.1 was like half the size of 5.8.8. I don't like it when
> things double in size in such a relatively short time. Not saying Perl
> isn't useful, but it bothers me that everything was Perl 5 forever
> (why? was Perl 4 useless?). Perl 6 has been in planning for a long
> time, several rough implementations exist, but it's incompatible
> (another rewrite).
>
> perl561 exe 1,192,448 Dec,15,2003 11:03:24pm A...
> perl588 exe 4,330,496 May,11,2007 03:03:20am A...
Could it be that perl588.exe is unstripped?
> GDB 7.0 will include libpython for scripting, and we already have
> PythonD 2.4.2 ported to DJGPP, but I've never tested it. However, the
> weird thing is that GDB's CVS only shows about 8 files in /python/, so
> either they managed to greatly simplify it or maybe it's not as
> bloated as it looks.
GDB does not include Python itself, the files you see are just the
implementation of GDB features that are built on top of libpython.
libpython itself should be installed separately.
> 207,202 lua-5.1.4.tar.gz
>
> Now I know why Lua is so popular, it's tiny!! Why they didn't just use
> that instead of Python for GDB 7.0 I'll never know.
At the time, I tried to convince GDB developers to use Lua, but I
failed. You can search the archives of GDB developers' list for the
discussions and arguments.
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