From owner-cvs-all Fri Dec 17 16:53:28 1999 Delivered-To: cvs-all@freebsd.org Received: from khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu (khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu [18.24.4.193]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D2DF114D26; Fri, 17 Dec 1999 16:53:23 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from wollman@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu) Received: (from wollman@localhost) by khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu (8.9.3/8.9.3) id TAA49007; Fri, 17 Dec 1999 19:53:16 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from wollman) Date: Fri, 17 Dec 1999 19:53:16 -0500 (EST) From: Garrett Wollman Message-Id: <199912180053.TAA49007@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu> To: Julian Elischer Cc: Peter Wemm , 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 In-Reply-To: References: <199912172207.OAA93422@freefall.freebsd.org> Sender: owner-cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk < 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