Re: official support for more scripting languages in gnome needed

[James Henstridge <james daa com au>]

On Mon, 19 Mar 2001, David T. Bath wrote:

> I can understand trepidation where the scriptability of the
> tool can decrease security, especially where scripts might
> be URL-sourced.

What was proposed was the use of languages like guile, perl and python
(also known as scripting languages) for some gnome utilities -- not
writing code to ease distribution of macro viruses :)

These would be programs installed on your computer just like any other
GNOME program.  We aren't talking about executing arbitrary code from the
net.

<plug>
It is worth noting that python comes with modules to create a restricted
execution environment, like the java sandbox, in the standard library (if
you are planning on using downloadable code).
</plug>

James.