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From: Tom Rini <trini@kernel.crashing.org>
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Subject: Re: [kbuild-devel] Converting the 2.5 kernel to kbuild 2.5
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On Tue, Dec 04, 2001 at 07:50:45PM +0100, Ra?l N??ez de Arenas Coronado wrote:

> >The spec for CML2 is out there, and there's even a CML2-in-C project.
> 
>     How advanced? Where is the spec, please?

I'm not sure how far the C version is, the spec is:
http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/cml2/cml2-reference.html

> >>     The kernel should depend just on the compiler and assembler, IMHO.
> >The right tools for the right job.  C is good for the kernel.  Python is
> >good at manipulating strings.
> 
>     Well, IMHO Python is good only in being big and doing things
> slow, but... why the parser cannot be built over flex/bison?. That
> way it can be 'pregenerated' and people won't need additional tools
> to build the kernel.

ESR didn't feel it was the right choice, basically.

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Tom Rini (TR1265)
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