> Horst von Brand wrote:
>
> > I just shudder when thinking that I'll have to learn yet another weird
> > language to be able to hack on Linux... C, gcc-isms with asm() and all, a
> > bit of CML1, now CML2, are OK; and now Python...
>
> You only need to learn Python if you are going to change the
> CML2 compiler or interpreter, not if you are just changing
> CML2. You might as well complain that you must learn
> Python to hack GNU Mailman.
Or learning gcc RTL and trees to be able to hack the kernel. Just in case
a gcc bug makes it miscompile the kernel.
Mind you: I think Python syntax stinks. But I don't expect to need to
understand it for this.
MfG Kai
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