Re: [ECOS] perl & ecos -- has anyone thought about this

[Gary Thomas <gthomas at redhat dot com>]

On Wed, 2001-11-14 at 10:58, Jeremias, Thilo wrote:
> Hi guys,
> 
> did anyone thought of getting perl linked into ecos ?
> 
> I believe it would be nice, to just create a (simple) script, and have some
> functionality. Eventually an integration of TK, would make sense as well.
> 
> Letting a customer write his CD-Player GUI, in Perl/Tk or so.
> 

I've never heard of anyone trying to use perl with eCos. At present, I
believe that there might be licensing issues with this anyway.  It's not
clear (without some reflection) if the perl artistic license is 
compatible with the RHEPL.

As for Tk - forget it.  At least on eCos.  Tk requires X windows (AFAIK)
which would never be suitable for eCos.  Other toolkits might be 
possible.  Certainly we have already shown that microwindows (with 
nano-X) can run well on eCos.

> 
> I know, no one likes MS***, but it could be the open source equivalent to
> wince & Visual Basic.
> It might be even interesting for some clients.
> 
> 
> Is there anything I could use as a starting point ?
> 
> I think all the important syscalls are already available.
> 
> 
> Any feedback is highly appreciated!
> 
> 
> cheers Thilo