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To: Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au>
Subject: Re: Kernel config metasyntax 
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Date: Mon, 27 Jan 1997 20:39:48 -0700
From: Warner Losh <imp@village.org>
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In message <199701280325.NAA06408@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Michael Smith writes:
: What's wrong with :

I don't want to write TCL to add options to the kernel :-)

TCL has its time and place, but as a meta language to describe
something it falls down.  I've seen projects that have tried to do
this go down in flames.

TCL is cool, but it isn't always right tool.

Warner