Date: Wed, 13 Aug 1997 11:24:54 -0400 (EDT) From: Charles Henrich <henrich@crh.cl.msu.edu> To: mrcpu@cdsnet.net, freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: What's the interest in standard tools rewritten in perl? Message-ID: <199708131524.LAA28274@crh.cl.msu.edu> References: <5squ47$qho$1@msunews.cl.msu.edu>
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In lists.freebsd.hackers you write: >I was in the process of adding some flexibility to newsyslog, and decided >to just rewrite the darn thing in perl5. >Essentially I added the ability to datestamp the logfiles, and a couple of >other things. >I can always call it something else (newnewsyslog?), but I was wondering >if FreeBSD Inc would consider utilities that were not written in C? Seems >like there was some discussion about lack of tools in TCL and Perl, but >I'm not sure about the politics of tool replacement, as opposed to tool >addition. >Anyway, just curious. I'd hate to see FreeBSD go the way of Microsoft, slow and bloated. Please, no perl unless absolutely neccesary! -Crh -- Charles Henrich Michigan State University henrich@msu.edu http://pilot.msu.edu/~henrich
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