From owner-freebsd-hackers Wed Dec 6 10:25:04 1995 Return-Path: owner-hackers Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id KAA07762 for hackers-outgoing; Wed, 6 Dec 1995 10:25:04 -0800 (PST) Received: from critter.tfs.com ([140.145.230.252]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id KAA07744 for ; Wed, 6 Dec 1995 10:24:54 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost.tfs.com (localhost.tfs.com [127.0.0.1]) by critter.tfs.com (8.6.12/8.6.12) with SMTP id SAA01057; Wed, 6 Dec 1995 18:21:13 GMT X-Authentication-Warning: critter.tfs.com: Host localhost.tfs.com didn't use HELO protocol To: Ollivier Robert cc: daemon@bee.cs.kiev.ua (System Daemon), freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG (FreeBSD Hackers' list) Subject: Re: your mail In-reply-to: Your message of "Wed, 06 Dec 1995 08:54:13 +0100." <199512060754.IAA07430@keltia.freenix.fr> Date: Wed, 06 Dec 1995 19:21:13 +0100 Message-ID: <1055.818274073@critter.tfs.com> From: Poul-Henning Kamp Sender: owner-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk > 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. -- Poul-Henning Kamp | phk@FreeBSD.ORG FreeBSD Core-team. http://www.freebsd.org/~phk | phk@login.dknet.dk Private mailbox. whois: [PHK] | phk@ref.tfs.com TRW Financial Systems, Inc. Future will arrive by its own means, progress not so.