From owner-freebsd-hackers Tue May 28 08:19:35 1996 Return-Path: owner-hackers Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id IAA06286 for hackers-outgoing; Tue, 28 May 1996 08:19:35 -0700 (PDT) Received: from who.cdrom.com (who.cdrom.com [204.216.27.3]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id IAA06281 for ; Tue, 28 May 1996 08:19:31 -0700 (PDT) Received: from epprod.elsevier.co.uk (epprod.elsevier.co.uk [193.131.222.35]) by who.cdrom.com (8.6.12/8.6.11) with ESMTP id IAA05561 for ; Tue, 28 May 1996 08:19:21 -0700 Received: from snowdon.elsevier.co.uk (snowdon.elsevier.co.uk [193.131.197.164]) by epprod.elsevier.co.uk (8.6.13/8.6.12) with ESMTP id QAA21725 for ; Tue, 28 May 1996 16:17:56 +0100 Received: from cadair.elsevier.co.uk (actually host cadair) by snowdon with SMTP (PP); Tue, 28 May 1996 16:17:56 +0100 Received: (from dpr@localhost) by cadair.elsevier.co.uk (8.6.12/8.6.12) id QAA02008; Tue, 28 May 1996 16:17:14 +0100 From: Paul Richards Message-Id: <199605281517.QAA02008@cadair.elsevier.co.uk> Subject: Re: Adduser program in C To: michaelv@HeadCandy.com (Michael L. VanLoon -- HeadCandy.com) Date: Tue, 28 May 1996 16:17:13 +0100 (BST) Cc: jkh@time.cdrom.com, lithium@cia-g.com, joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.org In-Reply-To: <199605250710.AAA07315@MindBender.HeadCandy.com> from "Michael L. VanLoon -- HeadCandy.com" at May 25, 96 00:10:08 am X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL24] Content-Type: text Sender: owner-hackers@FreeBSD.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk In reply to Michael L. VanLoon -- HeadCandy.com who said > > >Suffice it to say that I find PERL's syntax and structure highly > >objectionable. Give me a more structured language like TCL or LISP > >any day.. > > LISP. Ew. You can have it. :-) It's beautiful in its own way, yes. > So is the ugly child to his mother. :-) LISP is an interesting theory > thing that I find difficult to use in practice. > I'm surprised he didn't include Forth in the list, he usually does :-) -- Paul Richards. Originative Solutions Ltd. (Netcraft Ltd. contractor) Elsevier Science TIS online journal project. Email: p.richards@elsevier.co.uk Phone: 0370 462071 (Mobile), +44 (0)1865 843155