Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1998 13:33:34 -0500 (EST) From: Chuck Robey <chuckr@mat.net> To: Mark Murray <mark@grondar.za> Cc: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>, John Birrell <jb@cimlogic.com.au>, forrie@forrie.com, freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD Buildworld fails Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9812161331490.348-100000@picnic.mat.net> In-Reply-To: <199812161545.RAA04870@greenpeace.grondar.za>
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On Wed, 16 Dec 1998, Mark Murray wrote: > Mike Smith wrote: > > If we had Tcl in the base system, this would be trivial. I don't want > > to use Perl at all - one is simply told that Perl is the be-all and > > end-all of hackish scripting languages, but it truly appears to be too > > fragile for that. > > I have developed such a hatred for perl, that I may even be convincable > that it get kicked out of the base system. ;-) Other technically acceptable options exist, including rexx (at least 2 free, actively maintained versions) and ruby (ports/lang/ruby). ----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- Chuck Robey | Interests include any kind of voice or data chuckr@glue.umd.edu | communications topic, C programming, and Unix. 213 Lakeside Drive Apt T-1 | Greenbelt, MD 20770 | I run Journey2 and picnic (FreeBSD-current) (301) 220-2114 | and jaunt (NetBSD). ----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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