From owner-freebsd-arch Sat Jul 13 21:26:27 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4AC5737B400 for ; Sat, 13 Jul 2002 21:26:25 -0700 (PDT) Received: from squall.waterspout.com (squall.waterspout.com [208.13.56.12]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C617743E31 for ; Sat, 13 Jul 2002 21:26:24 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from will@csociety.org) Received: by squall.waterspout.com (Postfix, from userid 1050) id 24CB79B32; Sat, 13 Jul 2002 23:26:24 -0500 (EST) Date: Sat, 13 Jul 2002 23:26:24 -0500 From: Will Andrews To: freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Package system flaws? Message-ID: <20020714042623.GB95460@squall.waterspout.com> Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.ORG References: <20020706220511.GA88651@scoobysnax.jaded.net> <3D27A296.D58FB4B4@softweyr.com> <20020712121427.GD3678@lummux.tchpc.tcd.ie> <20020712144854.GA756@laurel.tmseck.homedns.org> <20020713054141.A26277@misty.eyesbeyond.com> <20020713011750.GA755@laurel.tmseck.homedns.org> <20020714042237.GD931@lizzy.catnook.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20020714042237.GD931@lizzy.catnook.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.26i Sender: owner-freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sat, Jul 13, 2002 at 09:22:15PM -0700, Jos Backus wrote: > Indeed. We should try hard to keep powerful, easy to use, general-purpose, > high-level scripting languages out of the base system. After all, we have C/ > awk/sed/sh etc., and anything that can be done with those scripting languages > can also be done with these traditional tools. The people who do the work should do it the best way they can. Or, with a volunteer twist, the most enjoyable way they can. Regards, -- wca To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message