Date: Tue, 24 Jun 1997 18:38:56 -0400 (EDT) From: Chuck Robey <chuckr@glue.umd.edu> To: Satoshi Asami <asami@cs.berkeley.edu> Cc: FreeBSD-Ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: tcl Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.970624183615.22918A-100000@Journey2.mat.net> In-Reply-To: <199706242222.PAA14433@vader.cs.berkeley.edu>
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On Tue, 24 Jun 1997, Satoshi Asami wrote: > * I know that tcl is part of the main system now. I wish either tk was too, > * or else that neither tcl nor tk were. I don't really care which. > * > * Am I alone in this? If so, I won't bring it up again. > > Probably not. However, there is no way tk is going into the base > system, as it requires X. If you ever tried building the XFree86 > port, you'll know why ("make World" takes longer than "make world"!). > > As for tcl, I wish it weren't there either, but it is already in the > base system and so are many scripts writting in tcl. > > Besides, you brought this up in the wrong list. -ports can't make > decisions like this. ;) Well, I was thinking about all the stuff done to allow different versions of tcl and tk to coexist. In my opinion, they break the method that tcl/tk uses to determine things itself. I agree, tk wouldn't be added. I'd be happy yanking tcl out of the sources. I guess I just didn't want to crosspost on this, yet. I might bring it up on hackers, later. I don't think there are any scripts in tcl that couldn't be in perl. > > Satoshi > > ----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- Chuck Robey | Interests include any kind of voice or data chuckr@eng.umd.edu | communications topic, C programming, and Unix. 213 Lakeside Drive Apt T-1 | Greenbelt, MD 20770 | I run Journey2 and picnic, both FreeBSD (301) 220-2114 | version 3.0 current -- and great FUN! ----------------------------+-----------------------------------------------
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