From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Stephen J. Turnbull" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: C-g crash in C-x C-f (OSX Lion) Date: Mon, 19 Dec 2011 20:53:19 +0900 Message-ID: <87vcpckcb4.fsf@uwakimon.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp> References: <4EEB48B2.9090602@swipnet.se> <83liqc1tac.fsf@gnu.org> <83fwgk1atk.fsf@gnu.org> <838vmb1tu6.fsf@gnu.org> <54BDFFDD-C0D2-4242-94D8-91D988B74283@swipnet.se> <87wr9tj6o2.fsf@uwakimon.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1324295613 10049 80.91.229.12 (19 Dec 2011 11:53:33 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 19 Dec 2011 11:53:33 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Jan =?utf-8?Q?Dj=C3=A4rv?= , Emacs developers To: Carsten Mattner Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Dec 19 12:53:27 2011 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([140.186.70.17]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1RcbmZ-0007tf-RG for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 19 Dec 2011 12:53:27 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:32830 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RcbmZ-0000LL-Cb for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 19 Dec 2011 06:53:27 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]:48738) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RcbmV-0000Jn-W6 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 19 Dec 2011 06:53:24 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RcbmU-0000pD-Rm for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 19 Dec 2011 06:53:23 -0500 Original-Received: from mgmt2.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp ([130.158.97.224]:43942) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RcbmU-0000os-AK for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 19 Dec 2011 06:53:22 -0500 Original-Received: from uwakimon.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp (uwakimon.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp [130.158.99.156]) by mgmt2.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp (Postfix) with ESMTP id BC7329707AB; Mon, 19 Dec 2011 20:53:19 +0900 (JST) Original-Received: by uwakimon.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp (Postfix, from userid 1000) id B65571A2769; Mon, 19 Dec 2011 20:53:19 +0900 (JST) In-Reply-To: X-Mailer: VM 8.2.0a1 under 21.5 (beta31) "ginger" 2dbefd79b3d3 XEmacs Lucid (x86_64-unknown-linux) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) X-Received-From: 130.158.97.224 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:146820 Archived-At: Carsten Mattner writes: > On Mon, Dec 19, 2011 at 9:40 AM, Stephen J. Turnbull wrote: > > Jan Dj=C3=A4rv writes: > > > > =C2=A0> I think [llbd] yses Python as a scripting language (yech ...). > > > > Tastes differ, but I think you are nuts if you prefer gdb command > > language scripting to Python! >=20 > Yes, but from a simplicity and size perspective Lua (even though I > don't like it and wouldn't recommend it) would be better choice. > >From a use-case point of view I'm sure that Guile or another LISP > variant would be a more ideal fit. Eh? You really think people who program only in C/C++/Java/FORTRAN would really prefer a Lispy scripting language? People who use Emacs don't really count, as they (mostly) shouldn't need to care, they should just use gdb (or gud) mode. Anyway, my question is not "which idealized scripting language do you think should be used for an imaginary debugger's command language?" It's "which real debugger's actual scripting language do you prefer?"