Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2005 17:19:14 -0600 From: Greg Barniskis <nalists@scls.lib.wi.us> To: Gert Cuykens <gert.cuykens@gmail.com> Cc: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> Subject: Re: perl and ports Message-ID: <41F6D3F2.8000709@scls.lib.wi.us> In-Reply-To: <ef60af09050125144166ecaae4@mail.gmail.com> References: <ef60af0905012416425fdc0a7d@mail.gmail.com> <200501242315.12888.donaldj1066@fastmail.fm> <ef60af090501242128e57e92d@mail.gmail.com> <200501251530.06424.shinjii@virusinfo.rdksupportinc.com> <20050125055301.GB16896@xor.obsecurity.org> <ef60af0905012500265eb38b66@mail.gmail.com> <EB3282A396FFCC78382D2E81@utd49554.utdallas.edu> <ef60af090501251100472d6fb6@mail.gmail.com> <20050125194736.GD76109@xor.obsecurity.org> <ef60af09050125142353301be4@mail.gmail.com> <ef60af09050125144166ecaae4@mail.gmail.com>
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Gert Cuykens wrote: > I want a freebsd with cvsup x11 and a gnome-lite desktop. Its what i > like about freebsd filosofie you have a house and you can chose your > own freebsd port furniture. For me perl is a closet that i dont want > because it doesnt go well with my php painting and my apache carpet. If you're nice about it, there's no real harm in asking questions of developers whose products use Perl, but since and earlier part of the thread cited security concerns, consider what's found at: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/keyword/ first type in Perl, get one page of hits since 1998 then type in PHP, get one page of hits since *December* <wince> The Perl hits are largely dumb things people did with Perl, not Perl itself. PHP certainly has a few of those (dumb things people did), but also quite a few that are inherent flaws of PHP. Perl is called "the duct tape of the Internet". It does far more support work than you probably suspect, and has a pretty good track record as such things go. Recommend you learn a lot more about "the robot arm" before asking for its removal. ;-) -- Greg Barniskis, Computer Systems Integrator South Central Library System (SCLS) Library Interchange Network (LINK) <gregb at scls.lib.wi.us>, (608) 266-6348
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