From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Nov 21 23:04:33 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id D6CC546C for ; Fri, 21 Nov 2014 23:04:33 +0000 (UTC) Received: from udns.ultimatedns.net (unknown [IPv6:2602:d1:b4d6:e600:4261:86ff:fef6:aa2a]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 99F67A5E for ; Fri, 21 Nov 2014 23:04:33 +0000 (UTC) Received: from ultimatedns.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by udns.ultimatedns.net (8.14.9/8.14.9) with ESMTP id sALN5XZ4015280; Fri, 21 Nov 2014 15:05:33 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from bsd-lists@bsdforge.com) To: NGie Cooper , "freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org" , Darren Pilgrim In-Reply-To: <546FC37F.3000109@bluerosetech.com> References: <11d24756184c5b6f3339f6e645957f86@ultimatedns.net> <546FBF60.70506@bluerosetech.com> , <546FC37F.3000109@bluerosetech.com> From: "Chris H" Subject: Re: send-pr must live Date: Fri, 21 Nov 2014 15:05:33 -0800 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=fixed MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-id: Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18-1 Precedence: list List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 21 Nov 2014 23:04:33 -0000 On Fri, 21 Nov 2014 14:58:07 -0800 Darren Pilgrim wrote > On 11/21/2014 2:44 PM, NGie Cooper wrote: > > On Fri, Nov 21, 2014 at 2:40 PM, Darren Pilgrim > > wrote: > >> On 11/20/2014 10:09 AM, Chris H wrote: > >>> > >>> As to it having been shell based. While there's nothing wrong with > >>> that at all, in fact it's advantageous in many respects. I was toying > >>> with the idea of perhaps converting (augmenting) it to being Perl > >>> based, by way of a statically linked mini-perl interpreter. I thought > >>> it would better *empower* it, also providing for a more "user friendly" > >>> dialog. But, like I said; just *toying* with the idea. :) > >> > >> You can use any language you like; but you'll need to use Bourne if you > >> want it in base. > > > > ... or C/C++. > > That's given, but I thought we were talking about scripting languages. So did I. In the end, I think it (scripting) is a great deal more flexible, and is far quicker to ferret issues out of. :) --Chris > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-hackers-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"