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DATE | 2021-01-20 |
FROM | Andy Tai
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SUBJECT | Re: [Hangout - NYLXS] Future plans for Autotools
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From hangout-bounces-at-nylxs.com Thu Jan 21 00:22:09 2021 Return-Path: X-Original-To: archive-at-mrbrklyn.com Delivered-To: archive-at-mrbrklyn.com Received: from www2.mrbrklyn.com (www2.mrbrklyn.com [96.57.23.82]) by mrbrklyn.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 35710163FE6; Thu, 21 Jan 2021 00:22:09 -0500 (EST) X-Original-To: hangout-at-www2.mrbrklyn.com Delivered-To: hangout-at-www2.mrbrklyn.com Received: by mrbrklyn.com (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 649A4163FD7; Thu, 21 Jan 2021 00:21:45 -0500 (EST) Resent-From: Ruben Safir Resent-Date: Thu, 21 Jan 2021 00:21:45 -0500 Resent-Message-ID: <20210121052145.GD11076-at-www2.mrbrklyn.com> Resent-To: hangout-at-mrbrklyn.com X-Original-To: ruben-at-mrbrklyn.com Delivered-To: ruben-at-mrbrklyn.com Received: from lists.gnu.org (lists.gnu.org [209.51.188.17]) by mrbrklyn.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4A087163FCD for ; Wed, 20 Jan 2021 19:25:11 -0500 (EST) Received: from localhost ([::1]:48520 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1l2Nmh-0004GZ-Cc for ruben-at-mrbrklyn.com; Wed, 20 Jan 2021 19:25:11 -0500 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:43876) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1l2NUy-0002fp-7b; Wed, 20 Jan 2021 19:06:52 -0500 Received: from mail-io1-xd2c.google.com ([2607:f8b0:4864:20::d2c]:41965) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_128_GCM_SHA256:128) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1l2NUv-0003to-QW; Wed, 20 Jan 2021 19:06:51 -0500 Received: by mail-io1-xd2c.google.com with SMTP id q1so572821ion.8; Wed, 20 Jan 2021 16:06:47 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=atai-org.20150623.gappssmtp.com; s=20150623; h=mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date:message-id:subject:to; bh=kSsUMpkCh16ZMpkDvJbkhpQiIzbOMvPHzKwulQMfE2w=; b=Y43pkIS1GtAOrSralPrJIo21UA5o8hYrKMOoptkFHRsQ8VP/NVplfibj7EBktb5gb3 WeLtvPh6AOO7/UtITyjLWWR+bg+/Gu1ZDRcY4UjdexoNpanAPeHH2QqAb9gENZx0RFjB 8a3wylIfg48QN0CFpHgOc4I7bSFkODhnQGVNNC8JU19d+tdFvWEQOKEKngcQPequ/hWk ye3zlASB9+mJhpcAvBmXV7ZjdS+XlZITVkP86DRAOXL4Er8zdCwQtJScSoA90KIxFW1n cr6GwuKAHRHBzHiWlnxMkP9D0vIa88bVFoQd8iBNBK5Nz1G1aLESQ7oqQvHS2mmvHM55 44YA== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date :message-id:subject:to; bh=kSsUMpkCh16ZMpkDvJbkhpQiIzbOMvPHzKwulQMfE2w=; b=RaEyuDupsMSyLNM/4yk2TZ0LvtSqZiTSvA+J8yI8RiUJV8PserkW5t8Kni6lZeetWu +Wg27YSjdZtX1cYNQFRVwffkKjza2o0ep6T236sr9+YBHzYDhJIHb/4bUvaq5IVZqzOj EGR/eeAZSuqwkfcDsxKV/bkP0gfLPK5a2VbK26shXLnB1cp3spt9hJlDs4xh1q2VJeBU 7QzRagGC79a+9pllTNbuGea7PunUD4uN0IbXbx6Sa9b8uwrEuqSsscDM8hup4C8a+DRA xgF/UCqQbO8txfzOLPObyHwRcTY4SImWwsr5cup19v0/g8pR5JAaYHaTtLa/xaBYf1SQ 5jzg== X-Gm-Message-State: AOAM531gGPlS7u2G5l7alwj62AwxIDwyu42DL1w9qPxhqnVvGKaxoO0V PNCwaUkA1pYsP8VevIqgPt/YZt2baxNCbbi8blX04IyXoOE= X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJzZb3H4hMMQo5tKIledTVOiNBCDOkd4UTDlUnIFtrxt8CBR30zxcDwNglj0No32Qw1H8L4ZwWAInVLJgcVWtWw= X-Received: by 2002:a05:6638:12d3:: with SMTP id v19mr9954933jas.42.1611187606853; Wed, 20 Jan 2021 16:06:46 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: In-Reply-To: From: Andy Tai Date: Wed, 20 Jan 2021 16:06:10 -0800 Message-ID: To: automake-at-gnu.org, Autoconf Received-SPF: pass client-ip=2607:f8b0:4864:20::d2c; envelope-from=lichengtai-at-gmail.com; helo=mail-io1-xd2c.google.com X-Spam_score_int: -13 X-Spam_score: -1.4 X-Spam_bar: - X-Spam_report: (-1.4 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, FREEMAIL_FORGED_FROMDOMAIN=0.248, FREEMAIL_FROM=0.001, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS=0.248, HTML_MESSAGE=0.001, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE=-0.0001, SPF_HELO_NONE=0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001 autolearn=no autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-Mailman-Approved-At: Wed, 20 Jan 2021 19:24:45 -0500 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.23 X-BeenThere: autoconf-at-gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list Subject: Re: [Hangout - NYLXS] Future plans for Autotools X-BeenThere: hangout-at-nylxs.com List-Id: NYLXS Tech Talk and Politics List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Errors-To: hangout-bounces-at-nylxs.com Sender: "Hangout"
It seems better not to start another language. with already lack of resources, that will further dilate available resources, and hard to compete with other tools already us9ng Python's mature ecosystem
On Wed, Jan 20, 2021 at 3:32 PM Bob Friesenhahn < bfriesen-at-simple.dallas.tx.us> wrote:
> > In my opinion, a new "language" designed specifically to meet the > needs of Autoconf should be developed and Autoconf should be > re-implemented using it. There should be no more need to run external > utilities like 'sed', or 'awk' or other things which can be > implemented internally in a way which does not suffer from the white > space and delimiter issues that shell script does. > -- > Bob Friesenhahn > _______________________________________________ Hangout mailing list Hangout-at-nylxs.com http://lists.mrbrklyn.com/mailman/listinfo/hangout
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