[Asterisk-Dev] Asterisk channel variable access: a proposal

[Holger Schurig]

> The end goal would be the ability to plug a Python or Perl interpreter
> into Asterisk and have the Python or Perl script run in parallel with a
> Dial Plan rather than being called out from the Dial Plan.

As much as I love Python: it would probably not be useful, because in 
Python there is the equivalent of the Big-Kernel-Lock in Linux 2.4.

So, do it in Perl or Lua (much more lightweight).