On Thu, 2007-03-08 at 17:48, David Douthitt wrote:
> Tom Eastep wrote:
> > What about C++ toolkits (fundamental classes such as hash tables, linked
> > lists, ... )? I'm trying to understand the trade-off between LUA
> > (another language to learn) or C++ (need to re-invent the wheel or learn
> > about a toolkit) verses Perl (does everything I need but is apparently
> > too big for embedded apps unless the entire embedded app is Perl-based).
>
> I've had my hands in all three pies in the past - and I find Lua to be
> refreshing and exciting. Consider that Tom's Rootkit converted from
> ash (ksh) over to using Lua for almost everything. Lua is a delight
> to use, and I wish I knew it better than I do.
David,
I believe Tom is well along on the shorewall rewrite using perl.
http://shorewall.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/shorewall/trunk/New/
Everyone,
I think we should concentrate our efforts on microperl.
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