Date: Wed, 13 Aug 1997 11:24:54 -0400 (EDT) From: Charles Henrich <henrich@crh.cl.msu.edu> To: mrcpu@cdsnet.net, freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: What's the interest in standard tools rewritten in perl? Message-ID: <199708131524.LAA28274@crh.cl.msu.edu> References: <5squ47$qho$1@msunews.cl.msu.edu>
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In lists.freebsd.hackers you write:
>I was in the process of adding some flexibility to newsyslog, and decided
>to just rewrite the darn thing in perl5.
>Essentially I added the ability to datestamp the logfiles, and a couple of
>other things.
>I can always call it something else (newnewsyslog?), but I was wondering
>if FreeBSD Inc would consider utilities that were not written in C? Seems
>like there was some discussion about lack of tools in TCL and Perl, but
>I'm not sure about the politics of tool replacement, as opposed to tool
>addition.
>Anyway, just curious.
I'd hate to see FreeBSD go the way of Microsoft, slow and bloated. Please,
no perl unless absolutely neccesary!
-Crh
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Charles Henrich Michigan State University henrich@msu.edu
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