Natanael Copa wrote: > On Fri, 2007-03-02 at 07:07 -0800, Mike Noyes wrote:
>> Paul, >> What is your opinion of microperl? Would in suffice for the proposed >> rewrite? > > My vote probably dont count since i havent contributed with any code, > anyway... > > I just compiled microperl on my gento/hardened/uclibc chroot. It > compiled on first try, but the file was 1155980 (1254803 before strip). > > I have also the full perl but its huge so its never used. If you intend > to continue be The firewall for embedded I'd suggest avoiding > perl/python/ruby/php. > > We had a long debate some time ago on alpinelinux list what to do with > webconf since we wanted to replace shell with some kind of high level > language. We ended with lua, which definitively gives the most for the > bucks. > > As a comparation to microperl, lua is 160kb. > http://shootout.alioth.debian.org/debian/benchmark.php?test=all&lang=lua&lang2=perl One thing that we should keep in mind is that Shorewall has never been intended as 'The firewall for embedded'. The Leaf Bering team happened to adopt Shorewall as their firewall tool and I've tried to support their effort. -Tom -- Tom Eastep \ Nothing is foolproof to a sufficiently talented fool Shoreline, \ http://shorewall.net Washington USA \ [EMAIL PROTECTED] PGP Public Key \ https://lists.shorewall.net/teastep.pgp.key
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