Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2000 23:38:16 -0800 From: Alfred Perlstein <bright@wintelcom.net> To: Marcel Moolenaar <marcel@cup.hp.com> Cc: arch@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: gensetdefs using sh(1),sed(1),grep(1) and awk(1) Message-ID: <20001219233816.H19572@fw.wintelcom.net> In-Reply-To: <3A405A43.5C10697C@cup.hp.com>; from marcel@cup.hp.com on Tue, Dec 19, 2000 at 11:05:39PM -0800 References: <3A405A43.5C10697C@cup.hp.com>
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* Marcel Moolenaar <marcel@cup.hp.com> [001219 23:06] wrote: > Read and weep :-) > > It takes roughly 11 seconds on a 750 Athlon for this script to process > all the object files. Not exactly quick... > > I think it can do better if we can avoid the "system()" calls... This should have just been done a week ago when it was proposed. There's no reason for you to jump through hoops and have to write obfuscated shell scripts to accomplish this. Marcel, I'm not ranting at you, I'm just suprised that upon checking into this thread this script is what is going to wind up in the base system. :( Now can we end the bikeshed and just use the fast and _READABLE_ perl version? thanks, -- -Alfred Perlstein - [bright@wintelcom.net|alfred@freebsd.org] "I have the heart of a child; I keep it in a jar on my desk." To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message
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