Re: Putting Perl into Linux Kernel

Christof Damian (cdamian@guideguide.com)
Mon, 19 Jul 1999 16:20:23 +0100

Marc Mutz wrote:
>
> Christof Damian wrote:
> >
> <snip>
> > this not very useful. (see the other replies).
> Right.
>
> >
> > the only reason which might make sense is to have the ability to write
> > kernel-modules in perl.
> >
> Oh, yes! Wonderful! Next we rewrite the whole kernel in Java(tm)! That
> has the added benefit of getting rid of all those silly dicussions on
> lkml, because Sun does the standards for us. And it would make porting
> to other archs easier. and...
> Seriously. _You_ were kidding, weren't you?

I didn't say I would use it. But I bet there are people who would find
a use for it.

For example getting some kernel konfiguration data from some strange
database or LDAP or whatever. Or having some simple scripts for
autotuning depending on load&co which are changeable by the
non-kernel-hacker.

Most of this stuff can be done in userspace and should be. But I am
always amazed by the strange uses perl (and linux) get into.

Java with all its problems could be used for this too.

christof

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