From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jun 21 06:28:48 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B966A1065679 for ; Sat, 21 Jun 2008 06:28:48 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from danm@prime.gushi.org) Received: from prime.gushi.org (prime.gushi.org [72.9.101.130]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 654BC8FC1A for ; Sat, 21 Jun 2008 06:28:48 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from danm@prime.gushi.org) Received: from prime.gushi.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by prime.gushi.org (8.14.1/8.14.1) with ESMTP id m5L6Sf2F003589 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Sat, 21 Jun 2008 02:28:42 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from danm@prime.gushi.org) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=simple/simple; d=prime.gushi.org; s=primegushiorg; t=1214012905; bh=kOC9dHhT93v6kjVtjgmueazwDg8=; h=DomainKey-Signature:Date:From:To:cc:Subject:In-Reply-To: Message-ID:References:User-Agent:MIME-Version:Content-Type; b=LgBm 4JjDC/qzP15mRVeKSI2NacrTuPf+s+2xLgL7wkAeVahsByARFuDhnb2K8xzl9k/eAZt 39cfJc5vbvuta4A== DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; s=primegushiorg; d=prime.gushi.org; c=nofws; q=dns; h=received:date:from:to:cc:subject:in-reply-to:message-id: references:user-agent:mime-version:content-type; b=TdBmKCuGIk691K4C3vIZc2+9rY7IIVgaQ4vyqbr7buNOYYCxSm0jErDbOD1nvUfxu B1d83auX1M3h2L59o9lUw== Received: (from danm@localhost) by prime.gushi.org (8.14.1/8.13.8/Submit) id m5L6SfT1003587; Sat, 21 Jun 2008 02:28:41 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from danm) Date: Sat, 21 Jun 2008 02:28:40 -0400 (EDT) From: "Dan Mahoney, System Admin" To: Wojciech Puchar In-Reply-To: <20080621082440.N58666@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> Message-ID: References: <20080621082440.N58666@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> User-Agent: Alpine 1.10 (BSF 962 2008-03-14) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-3.0 (prime.gushi.org [127.0.0.1]); Sat, 21 Jun 2008 01:48:25 +0000 (UTC) Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Circumstance leading up to removal of perl from base? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 21 Jun 2008 06:28:48 -0000 On Sat, 21 Jun 2008, Wojciech Puchar wrote: Yes I know how to use the OS, I'm more sking for historical rivia reasons. -Dan >> >> I know it was a long time ago, but I was talking with a co-worker about why >> perl was removed from the base in v5 -- I seem to recall a discussion on >> some mailing list about either the number of arguments or the format of the >> arguments and/or output of a base perl function having changed between >> 5.005 and 5.6.1. > > because it's not needed for programs in base system, but you have ports and > always can install it. > > the rule is keep base system simple and small. it's BSD anyway :) > -- "One...plus two...plus one...plus one." -Tim Curry, Clue --------Dan Mahoney-------- Techie, Sysadmin, WebGeek Gushi on efnet/undernet IRC ICQ: 13735144 AIM: LarpGM Site: http://www.gushi.org ---------------------------