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Date:      Fri, 17 Dec 1999 19:53:16 -0500 (EST)
From:      Garrett Wollman <wollman@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu>
To:        Julian Elischer <julian@whistle.com>
Cc:        Peter Wemm <peter@FreeBSD.org>, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/sys/alpha/conf Makefile.alpha files.alpha src/sys/i386/conf Makefile.i386
Message-ID:  <199912180053.TAA49007@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9912171417010.37239-100000@current1.whistle.com>
References:  <199912172207.OAA93422@freefall.freebsd.org> <Pine.BSF.4.10.9912171417010.37239-100000@current1.whistle.com>

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<<On Fri, 17 Dec 1999 14:18:58 -0800 (PST), Julian Elischer <julian@whistle.com> said:

> why are we now using perl? seems like that is yet another

To make the script comprehensible to normal people.  The original
vnode_if script was written in Perl, and CSRG made Heidemann rewrite
it in sh/awk; it contained a comment to the effect that the Perl
version made more sense.

-GAWollman

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