From owner-freebsd-current Sun Aug 3 07:54:18 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id HAA27406 for current-outgoing; Sun, 3 Aug 1997 07:54:18 -0700 (PDT) Received: from whizzo.TransSys.COM (whizzo.TransSys.COM [144.202.42.10]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id HAA27399 for ; Sun, 3 Aug 1997 07:54:16 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost.transsys.com (localhost.transsys.com [127.0.0.1]) by whizzo.TransSys.COM (8.8.6/8.7.3) with SMTP id KAA21556; Sun, 3 Aug 1997 10:54:06 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <199708031454.KAA21556@whizzo.TransSys.COM> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0zeta 7/24/97 To: ade@demon.net cc: Poul-Henning Kamp , current@FreeBSD.ORG From: "Louis A. Mamakos" Subject: Re: ports-current/packages-current discontinued References: In-reply-to: Your message of "Sun, 03 Aug 1997 15:07:40 BST." Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Sun, 03 Aug 1997 10:54:06 -0400 Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > >Tcl and perl represent a significant development in programming, > >and you guys argue that they should not be in our favourite > >state-of-the-art UNIX ? > > That's not what anyone is saying at all. Of course perl and tcl > should be in our favorite Unix. Just not as core components in > the same way that init, getty, sh are core components. Like 3270 emulators, highly-device specific user-level code like "stlload - Stallion Technologies multiport serial board down loader", and an X-10 home automation daemon? You've stepped out on to a very slippery slope here, and ultimately it's a judgement call and a matter of taste. louie