Re: [RFC PATCH 00/28] ktap: A lightweight dynamic tracing tool for Linux

From: Peter Zijlstra
Date: Mon Apr 07 2014 - 09:55:58 EST


On Wed, Apr 02, 2014 at 09:42:03AM +0200, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> I'd suggest using C syntax instead initially, because that's what the
> kernel is using.
>
> The overwhelming majority of people probing the kernel are
> programmers, so there's no point in inventing new syntax, we should
> reuse existing syntax!

Yes please, keep it C, I forever forget all other syntaxes. While I have
in the past known other languages, I never use them frequently enough to
remember them. And there's nothing more frustrating than having to fight
a tool/language when you just want to get work done.
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