From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jun 20 23:15:07 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 41E621065691 for ; Fri, 20 Jun 2008 23:15:07 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from danm@prime.gushi.org) Received: from prime.gushi.org (prime.gushi.org [72.9.101.130]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6A9A48FC16 for ; Fri, 20 Jun 2008 23:15:06 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from danm@prime.gushi.org) Received: from prime.gushi.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by prime.gushi.org (8.14.1/8.14.1) with ESMTP id m5KN2gwn063032 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO) for ; Fri, 20 Jun 2008 19:02:43 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from danm@prime.gushi.org) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=simple/simple; d=prime.gushi.org; s=primegushiorg; t=1213986142; bh=vkafT0jI54dmEHPmrrOcK6KiK/0=; h=DomainKey-Signature:Date:From:To:Subject:Message-ID:User-Agent: MIME-Version:Content-Type; b=D7GUzHaA6cR4SfvtCIMieoLNlCqYx03CqkY7G dmPJFDyNtNKQsszFWyn+F5gwpoC2tKYCyxdbTEIAhj4vWO1OA== DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; s=primegushiorg; d=prime.gushi.org; c=nofws; q=dns; h=received:date:from:to:subject:message-id:user-agent: mime-version:content-type; b=Dpwg5ZTmLoHV71oG/uLeNZVIAMy+wio6tWA4ugPeIOWJHiE7o+K0PVUaGj7FcrsHS DWwkQxGtD1i5Odihx4Vvg== Received: (from danm@localhost) by prime.gushi.org (8.14.1/8.13.8/Submit) id m5KN2gmm063031; Fri, 20 Jun 2008 19:02:42 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from danm) Date: Fri, 20 Jun 2008 19:02:41 -0400 (EDT) From: "Dan Mahoney, System Admin" To: questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: User-Agent: Alpine 1.10 (BSF 962 2008-03-14) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; format=flowed; charset=US-ASCII X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-3.0 (prime.gushi.org [127.0.0.1]); Fri, 20 Jun 2008 18:22:22 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Subject: Circumstance leading up to removal of perl from base? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 20 Jun 2008 23:15:07 -0000 Hello all, I know it was a long time ago, but I was talking with a co-worker about why perl was removed from the base in v5 -- I seem to recall a discussion on some mailing list about either the number of arguments or the format of the arguments and/or output of a base perl function having changed between 5.005 and 5.6.1. Thing is, that's a very vague thing to try to google for, and I can't seem to find it. Are there any old-timers who remember the system call in question? Please let me know, -Dan Mahoney -- --------Dan Mahoney-------- Techie, Sysadmin, WebGeek Gushi on efnet/undernet IRC ICQ: 13735144 AIM: LarpGM Site: http://www.gushi.org ---------------------------