From owner-freebsd-chat Mon Nov 9 06:12:36 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id GAA05848 for freebsd-chat-outgoing; Mon, 9 Nov 1998 06:12:36 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from ns1.yes.no (ns1.yes.no [195.204.136.10]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id GAA05842 for ; Mon, 9 Nov 1998 06:12:33 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from eivind@bitbox.follo.net) Received: from bitbox.follo.net (bitbox.follo.net [195.204.143.218]) by ns1.yes.no (8.9.1a/8.9.1) with ESMTP id PAA03016; Mon, 9 Nov 1998 15:12:07 +0100 (CET) Received: (from eivind@localhost) by bitbox.follo.net (8.8.8/8.8.6) id PAA10782; Mon, 9 Nov 1998 15:12:06 +0100 (MET) Message-ID: <19981109151206.03721@follo.net> Date: Mon, 9 Nov 1998 15:12:06 +0100 From: Eivind Eklund To: Terry Lambert , =?iso-8859-1?Q?Dag-Erling_C=2E_Sm=F8rgrav?= Cc: mike@seidata.com, chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: "Eek" References: <199811090433.VAA14242@usr07.primenet.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.89.1i In-Reply-To: <199811090433.VAA14242@usr07.primenet.com>; from Terry Lambert on Mon, Nov 09, 1998 at 04:33:02AM +0000 Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Mon, Nov 09, 1998 at 04:33:02AM +0000, Terry Lambert wrote: > > > > http://dd.sh/perlfs/ > > > Great... when will FreeBSD implement this? ;-P > > > > Never, I hope. There is a proverb about hammers and nails which has > > often been invoked for Perl; it is particularly pertinent to this > > situation. > > You mean the one that goes: > > "If the only tool you have is PERL, everything looks like a thumb..." > > ? This is a misquotation (though you may be aware of it, it is not certain the readers are.) The correct quotation is 'If your tool is C++, then everything looks like a thumb." I unfortunately don't remember the original author, and have lost my quotes collection that that was in :-( Eivind. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message