From owner-freebsd-hackers Tue Nov 19 16:24:07 1996 Return-Path: owner-hackers Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id QAA18459 for hackers-outgoing; Tue, 19 Nov 1996 16:24:07 -0800 (PST) Received: from genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.96.120]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id QAA18438 for ; Tue, 19 Nov 1996 16:23:57 -0800 (PST) Received: (from msmith@localhost) by genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (8.8.2/8.7.3) id KAA03878; Wed, 20 Nov 1996 10:53:41 +1030 (CST) From: Michael Smith Message-Id: <199611200023.KAA03878@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Subject: Re: Who needs Perl? We do! In-Reply-To: from Ollivier Robert at "Nov 19, 96 08:06:45 pm" To: roberto@keltia.freenix.fr (Ollivier Robert) Date: Wed, 20 Nov 1996 10:53:40 +1030 (CST) Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL28 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Ollivier Robert stands accused of saying: > > Perl 5.004 is rounding the corner. 5.003_08 just came out and 5.003_09 will > be 5.004-candidate. > > Many thinks are broken (even if people don't tumble often on them) and > 5.004 should be stable. Ok. I am still waiting for a hand up from someone who has a contrib-ready perl5. > BTW OpenBSD has already done the integration into a bmake-based tree so we > could look at how they've done it. Not to diss the OBSD guys, but the contrib technique is a bit different, and I think we will want to do it like that. > Ollivier ROBERT -=- The daemon is FREE! -=- roberto@keltia.freenix.fr -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control. (ph) +61-8-8267-3493 [[ ]] Unix hardware collector. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[