Date: Wed, 06 Dec 1995 19:21:13 +0100 From: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.tfs.com> To: Ollivier Robert <roberto@keltia.freenix.fr> Cc: daemon@bee.cs.kiev.ua (System Daemon), freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG (FreeBSD Hackers' list) Subject: Re: your mail Message-ID: <1055.818274073@critter.tfs.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 06 Dec 1995 08:54:13 %2B0100." <199512060754.IAA07430@keltia.freenix.fr>
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> It seems that System Daemon said:
> > #!/bin/sh
> > perl -U -le 'unlink(shift) while scalar @ARGV' ${1+"$@"}
>
> The C version should not be that much longer.
>
> > I vote for putting a static copy of perl 5 into /bin. It can do (almost)
> > everything, and you can provide a handful of commands there.
>
> Although I like and use Perl 5, I don't want it in /bin. The perl version
> in /usr/bin is fine. As for Perl 5, if you really want to push for it, at
> least wait for 5.002 which in beta1 just now.
I think we can say confidently that it will probably not happen for
a long time. I think I know several people who would go a long way
to avoid anything of that sort.
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