Date: Tue, 16 Jul 2002 02:12:18 +0100 (BST) From: Mark Valentine <mark@thuvia.demon.co.uk> To: danfe@regency.nsu.ru (Alexey Dokuchaev), Jos Backus <jos@catnook.com> Cc: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Package system flaws? Message-ID: <200207160112.g6G1CIgH020442@dotar.thuvia.org> In-Reply-To: <mailpost.1026775698.17809@thuvia.demon.co.uk>
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> From: danfe@regency.nsu.ru (Alexey Dokuchaev) > Date: Mon 15 Jul, 2002 > Subject: Re: Package system flaws? > Traditionally, UNIX lived for 30+ years without need for a > monster like Perl or Ruby, in the base, clearly showing us that > sh/awk/sed is a [very] decent scripting facility. Though I did breathe a sigh of relief when shell functions became common enough to be useful... ;-) I've never really wanted for anything since. Except maybe for make(1) to have a standard conditional syntax. Cheers, Mark. -- Mark Valentine, Thuvia Labs <mark@thuvia.co.uk> <http://www.thuvia.co.uk>; "Tigers will do ANYTHING for a tuna fish sandwich." Mark Valentine uses "We're kind of stupid that way." *munch* *munch* and endorses FreeBSD -- <http://www.calvinandhobbes.com>; <http://www.freebsd.org>; To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message
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