Date: Thu, 21 Nov 1996 16:20:46 +1030 (CST) From: Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au> To: michaelh@cet.co.jp (Michael Hancock) Cc: msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au, davidn@sdev.usn.blaze.net.au, terry@lambert.org, roberto@keltia.freenix.fr, hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Who needs Perl? We do! Message-ID: <199611210550.QAA11975@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> In-Reply-To: <Pine.SV4.3.95.961121140354.18153A-100000@parkplace.cet.co.jp> from Michael Hancock at "Nov 21, 96 02:22:27 pm"
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Michael Hancock stands accused of saying: > On Thu, 21 Nov 1996, Michael Smith wrote: > > > It's not a question of whether _everyone_ needs it, but whether a > > sufficient number of people need it. I think that so far the evidence > > indicates that this is the case. > > I prefer having it in ports or a different distribution so that it can be > excluded easier. The people who want it excluded include those who don't > care about having perl 5.0 and those who would rather track it > and configure it themselves. If it's to be useful in the base system, there needs to be a segregation between the 'runtime' configuration and the 'development' configuration then. This is one for the Perl advocates to settle. > If it must be put in the base then can we replace perl 4.0 without causing > an uproar? Also, can we agree on the options included? I think that replacing Perl 4 would be trivial; the dependant components of the base system are known to work with perl5, and the general opinion is that little is significantly different. > Perl's size is significant, especially when you consider that it will be > in the cvs tree, the installation, and the checked out sources. Double it > if you have both 4.x and 5.x. There is no way that Perl 4 would be retained. Perl's size is not a real issue; people just need stop thinking that 5M is "big" 8) > Mike Hancock -- ]] 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 [[
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