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| From | Muttley@dastardlyhq.com |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.lang.c, comp.lang.c++ |
| Subject | Re: A love of languages |
| Date | 2022-04-08 10:49 +0000 |
| Organization | Aioe.org NNTP Server |
| Message-ID | <t2p3ut$1bil$1@gioia.aioe.org> (permalink) |
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On Thu, 7 Apr 2022 21:54:27 +0200 Christian Gollwitzer <auriocus@gmx.de> wrote: >Am 07.04.22 um 11:42 schrieb Muttley@dastardlyhq.com: >> On Thu, 7 Apr 2022 11:24:36 +0200 >> David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> wrote: >>> On 07/04/2022 00:18, Richard wrote: >>>> ...and speaking of package managers and python, I really dislike these >>>> package managers for C++ that are written in python. Adding a >>>> dependency on another language is a fail from step 1. >>> >>> Why would you say that? Pick the right language for the task in hand. >>> Python is a better language for a package manager than C++ - it has far >>> more of the useful components already in its library (internet >>> protocols, zip/tar/bzip2, that kind of thing), and lets you make a >>> package manager in a small fraction of the number of lines of code you'd >>> need in C++. There are no advantages in using C++ here - you don't need >>> the speed (code speed is not the bottleneck), you don't care about >>> memory efficiency or disk space. >> >> Using bash would be even better. Its installed by default on every version >> of *nix that matters. >> > >Bash is a terrible language, if you plan to write larger programs in it. >Yes, it is possible, but the quoting rules (automatic expansion unless >you carefully quote everything) will lead to many data-dependent bugs, >like surprise with whitespace in paths and so on. Remember Shellshock? > >Additionally, it's hard to get Bash working on Windows. Bash is rather Windows installers are completely seperate to linux and mac installers so thats irrelevant. >useless without a bunch of other tools like awk, sed, cp, mv, find, ... Well obviously bash is just glue logic. But the point is its always available unlike Python or even worse Java (does Oracle still require java to install its software?)
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A love of languages Jack Lemmon <invalid@invalid.net> - 2022-03-27 17:00 +0100
Re: A love of languages Bonita Montero <Bonita.Montero@gmail.com> - 2022-03-27 18:24 +0200
Re: A love of languages Juha Nieminen <nospam@thanks.invalid> - 2022-03-28 23:08 +0000
Re: A love of languages Vir Campestris <vir.campestris@invalid.invalid> - 2022-03-30 21:53 +0100
Re: A love of languages David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2022-03-31 10:29 +0200
Re: A love of languages Mateusz Viste <mateusz@xyz.invalid> - 2022-03-31 10:52 +0200
Re: A love of languages David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2022-03-31 11:59 +0200
Re: A love of languages Kaz Kylheku <480-992-1380@kylheku.com> - 2022-03-31 16:15 +0000
Re: A love of languages Malcolm McLean <malcolm.arthur.mclean@gmail.com> - 2022-03-31 09:06 -0700
Re: A love of languages Muttley@dastardlyhq.com - 2022-03-31 08:29 +0000
Re: A love of languages Juha Nieminen <nospam@thanks.invalid> - 2022-04-04 06:00 +0000
Re: A love of languages Muttley@dastardlyhq.com - 2022-04-04 08:28 +0000
Re: A love of languages Vir Campestris <vir.campestris@invalid.invalid> - 2022-04-05 21:10 +0100
Re: A love of languages red floyd <no.spam.here@its.invalid> - 2022-04-05 13:28 -0700
Re: A love of languages om@iki.fi (Otto J. Makela) - 2022-04-11 13:24 -0400
Re: A love of languages om@iki.fi (Otto J. Makela) - 2022-04-11 19:13 -0400
Re: A love of languages legalize+jeeves@mail.xmission.com (Richard) - 2022-04-06 22:18 +0000
Re: A love of languages Muttley@dastardlyhq.com - 2022-04-07 09:02 +0000
Re: A love of languages David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2022-04-07 11:24 +0200
Re: A love of languages Muttley@dastardlyhq.com - 2022-04-07 09:42 +0000
Re: A love of languages David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2022-04-07 12:02 +0200
Re: A love of languages Christian Gollwitzer <auriocus@gmx.de> - 2022-04-07 21:54 +0200
Re: A love of languages Muttley@dastardlyhq.com - 2022-04-08 10:49 +0000
Re: A love of languages Malcolm McLean <malcolm.arthur.mclean@gmail.com> - 2022-04-08 05:21 -0700
Re: A love of languages Juha Nieminen <nospam@thanks.invalid> - 2022-04-08 12:16 +0000
Re: A love of languages David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2022-04-08 15:08 +0200
Re: A love of languages Bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2022-04-08 15:31 +0100
Re: A love of languages David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2022-04-08 18:15 +0200
Re: A love of languages Bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2022-04-08 19:14 +0100
Re: A love of languages scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2022-04-08 14:53 +0000
Re: A love of languages David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2022-04-08 18:18 +0200
Re: A love of languages scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2022-04-08 17:47 +0000
Re: A love of languages Muttley@dastardlyhq.com - 2022-04-09 09:13 +0000
Re: A love of languages scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2022-04-08 14:51 +0000
Re: A love of languages Michael S <already5chosen@yahoo.com> - 2022-04-16 13:39 -0700
Re: A love of languages Jorgen Grahn <grahn+nntp@snipabacken.se> - 2022-04-11 08:28 +0000
Re: A love of languages legalize+jeeves@mail.xmission.com (Richard) - 2022-04-07 20:54 +0000
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