From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.6 (2021-04-09) on ip-172-31-74-118.ec2.internal X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00,FREEMAIL_FROM autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.6 X-Received: by 2002:a0c:fdc8:: with SMTP id g8mr12649399qvs.12.1630109323379; Fri, 27 Aug 2021 17:08:43 -0700 (PDT) X-Received: by 2002:a25:448b:: with SMTP id r133mr8785374yba.303.1630109323188; Fri, 27 Aug 2021 17:08:43 -0700 (PDT) Path: eternal-september.org!reader02.eternal-september.org!news.uzoreto.com!feeder1.cambriumusenet.nl!feed.tweak.nl!209.85.160.216.MISMATCH!news-out.google.com!nntp.google.com!postnews.google.com!google-groups.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: Fri, 27 Aug 2021 17:08:42 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: Injection-Info: google-groups.googlegroups.com; posting-host=124.171.102.52; posting-account=d51RWwoAAADvR-x0zYAtT9z3CRxT1eXo NNTP-Posting-Host: 124.171.102.52 References: User-Agent: G2/1.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Building the 2021 source release of GnatStudio From: Roger Mc Injection-Date: Sat, 28 Aug 2021 00:08:43 +0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Xref: reader02.eternal-september.org comp.lang.ada:62563 List-Id: On Tuesday, August 3, 2021 at 5:20:22 PM UTC+10, St=C3=A9phane Rivi=C3=A8re= wrote: > > That is not the point. The point is that AFAIK it cannot be used for=20 > > scripting unless examples as above provided. > I finally got it. You're right :) > > Though Python is 100% self-inflicted damage. AdaCore could easily=20 > > implement some Ada script, again, not to confuse with shell. They did= =20 > it partially with GPR. The GPR compiler could be extended to support a=20 > > larger variety of expressions. > GPR is a great tool. I hope Adacore will go even further in its features. > > Customers wanting Python will use Eclipse instead of GPS anyway, so tha= t=20 > > is not an argument either. > I /fully/ agree. But the big problem is that AdaCore uses Python extensively. So Ada enthusiasts who want to build Ada GPS have to use Python. Are you suggesting that GPS should be built using Eclipse?