[Asterisk-Dev] Dialplan syntax changes.. Option: work on aradically different design..

[Brian West]

http://bugs.digium.com/view.php?id=3666


/b

On May 18, 2005, at 12:03 PM, Steven wrote:

> On Wed, 2005-05-18 at 12:19 -0400, Matthew Butt wrote:
>
>> Being new round here and maybe talking out of line - it's all well  
>> and
>> good having a language-based syntax with appropriate constructs - but
>> also consider that there will be many people trying to use  
>> Asterisk who
>> are NOT up to speed with such syntax.
>>
>> I would guess that most of the Asterisk installers/maintainers out  
>> there
>> are not developers.  Don't make it harder for the majority!
>>
>
> A more expressive language will only make the initial hump a bit  
> higher,
> but it will flatten the rest of the learning curve as the n+101  
> stuff is
> yanked out. I think the direction is a good one.
>
> Now the idea of embedding perl I think may not be a good idea right  
> now.
> Specifically, I think it will not be a good idea till perl 6 is  
> out. At
> that point, perl should be stable for a while to come and parrot may
> allow us to work in other languages when we choose to.
>
>
> -- 
> Steven <critch at basesys.com>
>
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