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Re: GDB and scripting languages - which

> Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2007 13:00:14 -0500
> From: Robert Dewar <dewar@adacore.com>
> CC:  jimb@codesourcery.com,  gdb@sourceware.org
> 
> Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> >> Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2007 11:01:39 -0500
> >> From: Robert Dewar <dewar@adacore.com>
> >> CC: Jim Blandy <jimb@codesourcery.com>,  gdb@sourceware.org
> >>
> >> that's really pure FUD
> > 
> > Thanks, this kind of attitude really helps to facilitate free
> > expression of opinions on this list.
> 
> Well my use of the term FUD here was
> considered. You were arguing that Python would
> introduce excessive overhead

I was arguing that features like networking, graphics, and GUI,
mentioned by Jim as an argument for Python's better suitability (or so
I understood), would be excessive overhead in the GDB scripting
language.

Maybe in the future you should consider a possibility that you
misunderstand what is written, _before_ you consider throwing the term
FUD at your opponents.
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