Re: [prelude-user] [RFC]: Switching Prelude-Correlator rules to Python

Alvaro Luis Quispe R. <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.comp.security.ids.prelude.devel,gmane.comp.security.ids.prelude.user
Message-ID <[email protected]>

 hi friends,

 

 

 I'd welcome a switch to Python.

 

Best Regards,

 

Àlvaro Quispe

 

 
> Date: Tue, 14 Apr 2009 15:54:36 -0400
> From: [email protected]
> To: [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [prelude-devel] [prelude-user] [RFC]: Switching Prelude-Correlator rules to Python
> 
> 
> 
> --On April 14, 2009 9:41:02 AM +0200 Yoann Vandoorselaere 
> <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> > Hi folks,
> >
> > We are currently evaluating the move of Prelude-Correlator ruleset
> > language away from Lua to Python, and would like to get your feedback.
> >
> > Lua is a very good language which is suited for specific needs. Some of
> > it's advantage come from its speed (more than twice as fast as Python),
> > and its size.
> 
> Python may be bigger, but part of that is what makes working with python so 
> useful. I don't need to download a 100's libraries and modules to do the 
> basic tasks. It comes with a lot of horsepower built in. (Why Lua needs a 
> module for sockets completely lost me).
> 
> > [..SNIP..]
> > We would be very interested in hearing what you think about this
> > potential move.
> 
> I would very much like to see this as it would put a quick end to my pure 
> python correlator never finished. Also I think this move would allow for 
> quicker and more interesting rules from the community at large.
> 
> -Jeremy Rossi
> 
> 
> 
> 
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