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Tom Rini <trini@kernel.crashing.org>:
> >     Maybe for you. For me it *is* an issue. I don't like more and
> > more dependencies for the kernel. I mean, if I can drop kbuild and
> > keep on building the kernel with the old good 'make config' I won't
> > worry, but otherwise I don't think that kernel building depends on
> > something like Python.
> 
> One of the things that I _think_ is happening is that lots of other
> scripts/ files are being redone, and thus removing them from the list,
> so in effect we're trading out one or two for just Python.

That is my intention.

> The right tools for the right job.  C is good for the kernel.  Python is
> good at manipulating strings.

*Perl* is good at strings.  Python is good at actual data structures :-).
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