[asterisk-dev] GSoC 2010

[Mat Murdock]

On 2/1/2010 4:09 PM, Russell Bryant wrote:
> On 02/01/2010 05:05 PM, Chris Tooley wrote:
>    
>> I have to say I completely agree. There are some things for which the
>> Dialplan is great, and then there are things that really should be
>> done in an AGI or EIVR application. The Dialplan should not be
>> complicated to the point of being unusable by trying to include every
>> possible feature and concept. Especially since, at some point, it
>> becomes maintaining a programming language of it's own and is outside
>> the scope of the project.
>>      
> We are basically going up against design decisions made for Asterisk
> ages ago.  The dialplan already is a programming language to some
> extent.  I think our job today is to resist feature creep in the
> "language" and only provide what is necessary.  I would much rather put
> effort into making it easier to take advantage of the work that the
> communities that actually specialize in making a programming language
> have already done.
>
>    

I understand where you are coming from, but wouldn't such a function 
take core of one of the main reasons people jump use agi to begin with?  
It is my understanding that it is faster and less resource intensive to 
stay in the dialplan vs going to agi.

Mat

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