On 3/5/07, Stephen Hahn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
* Bart Smaalders <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2007-03-05 08:52]:
> Matty wrote:
> >Just out of curiosity, is there a reason intrd was written in Perl?
>
> The fellow who wrote it liked perl? poold is written in perl and
> merging was/is anticipated?
>
> Perl wouldn't be my first choice for intrd's implementation language,
> but it wouldn't be my last, either.
As I recall, it was actually because the author wanted to use
Sun::Solaris::Kstat to simplify access to kstat(3KSTAT) so that he
might focus on his optimization algorithm. (poold is actually
implemented using Java--I'm hoping Peter Tribble's work and the code
in poold can be shared in some way...)
I think, if poold and intrd were to be merged, the only sensible
choice would be C.
That said, a system where interrupt distribution (and redistribution)
is a key factor doesn't sound like a system that couldn't have a
reduced Perl installation to support intrd. Most of the points made
against scripting languages earlier in this thread can be made against
any sufficiently complex software stack; certainly they are all
applicable to ksh93, in which I expect we will eagerly implement core
functionality.
Do you say you want to replace perl usage with ksh93 usage? Nice idea
except that you can't do that because ksh93 is not /bin/sh
Cheers,
William
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@,,@ William James
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