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To: Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au>
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Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/etc/mtree BSD.usr.dist 
Date: Sat, 22 Jun 1996 09:27:15 +0200
From: Mark Murray <mark@grondar.za>
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Michael Smith wrote:
> The way it was done was, IMHO, wrong.  But we _do_ want Tcl and a more
> current Perl in the tree.  And other widely-accepted development tools,
> particularly those that are components (like Tcl and Perl) rather than
> whole applications (eg UPS).

Hear hear! (More current Perl!)

> Someone should stand up and wear the new Perl.

Hmm... Last time I just _suggested_ this, the flamew^h^h^h^h^hdiscussion
was a thing to behold :-).

I could help lots with Perl. Things are changing, and I will have
much more time to do this.

> And I'd suggest the anti-bloatists stop and think a few seconds before
> bitching.
> 
> Look at what disk space (doesn't) cost.  Consider the advantages of having 
> one _single_standard_ version.  And the fact that Someone Else will
> be looking after it, not you.

Hear, Hear!

M
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