Re: Perl embedding: trial balloon
Per Abrahamsen <abraham(a)dina.kvl.dk> wrote:
However, making it possible to embed other interpreters as loadable
modules would be ok, as long as these weren't part of the standard
distribution. There are special situations where the use of such
alternative interpreters could be justified.
We may not be as far apart as it would seem. I can live with having
other-language support only as a loadable module, although I would
appreciate being able to load it into the dumped binary.
I'm not sure whether you object to adding the Perl interpreter to the
standard distribution (which I certainly don't propose) or adding only
the stub which allows linking an installed Perl. Certainly the glue
code by itself would not constitute much bloat, though it would be
reasonable to hold off including it until we see whether the plan is
viable.
kind of ugly hacks that kills software projects
ad-hoc solution like a single "Perl+Emacs" executable
maintainable design decisions vs. short-sighted ad-hoc solutions.
Please choose your words carefully, and do not be quick to criticize
what (I assume) you have not examined.