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Replacing AWK with Python in GCC?

Replacing AWK with Python in GCC?

Posted Jul 26, 2018 22:39 UTC (Thu) by RooTer (guest, #91640)
Parent article: Replacing AWK with Python in GCC?

Python 2 focus seems like a horrible idea. They want to fix maintainability problem not add to it right?

Why would anyone want to use a version of Python that is know to expire in 1.5years from now one, just to support some enterprise distro users that want to compiling gcc AND don't want to compile Python 3 for some unfathomable reason.

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Replacing AWK with Python in GCC?

Posted Jul 26, 2018 23:27 UTC (Thu) by Cyberax (✭ supporter ✭, #52523) [Link]

There are systems right now that don't have Py3 installed by default and they are going to be supported for years.

And really, I looked at the code and there's no reason to NOT make compatible with both Python versions.

Replacing AWK with Python in GCC?

Posted Jul 28, 2018 11:31 UTC (Sat) by azumanga (subscriber, #90158) [Link] (1 responses)

Or... All Mac's, which don't come with Python 3

Replacing AWK with Python in GCC?

Posted Aug 3, 2018 19:07 UTC (Fri) by flussence (guest, #85566) [Link]

Macs don't come with modern GCC either. Besides, Mac developers are used to massive amounts of bloat, a single 100MB runtime isn't much to ask.


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