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Announcing the release of Fedora 16 Alpha

Posted Aug 24, 2011 3:42 UTC (Wed) by grg (guest, #76756)
Parent article: Announcing the release of Fedora 16 Alpha

The python plugin for gcc sounds really cool.
http://readthedocs.org/docs/gcc-python-plugin/en/latest/i...


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gcc python plugin

Posted Aug 24, 2011 4:01 UTC (Wed) by JoeBuck (subscriber, #2330) [Link]

Yes, it's very cool, but also it's experimental and at an early stage, so anything you build on top of it will need to keep up with the changes.

Announcing the release of Fedora 16 Alpha

Posted Aug 24, 2011 7:24 UTC (Wed) by cannedfish (guest, #49561) [Link]

I have a feeling that python will be replaced by javascript as the preferred embedded scripting language in general, like perl is replaced by python for this role.

Announcing the release of Fedora 16 Alpha

Posted Aug 24, 2011 9:46 UTC (Wed) by alexl (subscriber, #19068) [Link]

There is already a gcc plugin that uses javascript:
https://developer.mozilla.org/en/Dehydra

Announcing the release of Fedora 16 Alpha

Posted Aug 24, 2011 13:48 UTC (Wed) by SEJeff (subscriber, #51588) [Link]

With the large breadth of python's stdlib, vs javascript's lack of one, I seriously doubt this will become true. Javascript will likely see equal support as python, but it will not "replace" python.

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