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Date:      Tue, 25 Jan 2005 14:47:32 -0800
From:      Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>
To:        Gert Cuykens <gert.cuykens@gmail.com>
Cc:        Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>
Subject:   Re: perl and ports
Message-ID:  <20050125224732.GA28662@xor.obsecurity.org>
In-Reply-To: <ef60af09050125144166ecaae4@mail.gmail.com>
References:  <200501242315.12888.donaldj1066@fastmail.fm> <ef60af090501242128e57e92d@mail.gmail.com> <200501251530.06424.shinjii@virusinfo.rdksupportinc.com> <20050125055301.GB16896@xor.obsecurity.org> <ef60af0905012500265eb38b66@mail.gmail.com> <EB3282A396FFCC78382D2E81@utd49554.utdallas.edu> <ef60af090501251100472d6fb6@mail.gmail.com> <20050125194736.GD76109@xor.obsecurity.org> <ef60af09050125142353301be4@mail.gmail.com> <ef60af09050125144166ecaae4@mail.gmail.com>

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On Tue, Jan 25, 2005 at 11:41:56PM +0100, Gert Cuykens wrote:
> ps who is the imake developer ?
>=20
> Believe me i am going to mail every developer where perl comes in
> between me and the application :P

That would mostly just irritate developers and point out your own
ignorance.

I think you need to learn some more about how the ports collection
works before you embark upon this crusade - in particular, understand
how and why perl is used in the places it is, and whether it's
feasible to remove it (in most cases it is not).

Kris

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