GDB and scripting languages - which

[Robert Dewar]

Eli Zaretskii wrote:

> I was arguing that features like networking, graphics, and GUI,
> mentioned by Jim as an argument for Python's better suitability (or so
> I understood), would be excessive overhead in the GDB scripting
> language.

Can you more clearly explain what you mean by "excessive overhead".
I really don't understand this at all. networking for example only
costs you if you use it. Are you saying people should be prevented
from paying this price.

What overhead?

And by what quantitative criterion excessive?