Date: Fri, 17 Dec 1999 19:53:16 -0500 (EST) From: Garrett Wollman <wollman@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu> To: Julian Elischer <julian@whistle.com> Cc: Peter Wemm <peter@FreeBSD.org>, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/alpha/conf Makefile.alpha files.alpha src/sys/i386/conf Makefile.i386 Message-ID: <199912180053.TAA49007@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9912171417010.37239-100000@current1.whistle.com> References: <199912172207.OAA93422@freefall.freebsd.org> <Pine.BSF.4.10.9912171417010.37239-100000@current1.whistle.com>
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<<On Fri, 17 Dec 1999 14:18:58 -0800 (PST), Julian Elischer <julian@whistle.com> said: > why are we now using perl? seems like that is yet another To make the script comprehensible to normal people. The original vnode_if script was written in Perl, and CSRG made Heidemann rewrite it in sh/awk; it contained a comment to the effect that the Perl version made more sense. -GAWollman -- Garrett A. Wollman | O Siem / We are all family / O Siem / We're all the same wollman@lcs.mit.edu | O Siem / The fires of freedom Opinions not those of| Dance in the burning flame MIT, LCS, CRS, or NSA| - Susan Aglukark and Chad Irschick To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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