From owner-freebsd-current Wed Dec 16 07:46:17 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id HAA29627 for freebsd-current-outgoing; Wed, 16 Dec 1998 07:46:17 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from gratis.grondar.za (gratis.grondar.za [196.7.18.65]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id HAA29612 for ; Wed, 16 Dec 1998 07:46:10 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mark@grondar.za) Received: from greenpeace.grondar.za (IDENT:7zgSHrsgFwFAnVUoFy4NV+Ub8iwKgIRm@greenpeace.grondar.za [196.7.18.132]) by gratis.grondar.za (8.9.1/8.9.1) with ESMTP id RAA05300; Wed, 16 Dec 1998 17:45:58 +0200 (SAST) (envelope-from mark@grondar.za) Received: from grondar.za (IDENT:TNheFlqTodvsNp6H1BfpLaVqTndN33O+@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by greenpeace.grondar.za (8.9.1/8.9.1) with ESMTP id RAA04870; Wed, 16 Dec 1998 17:45:53 +0200 (SAST) (envelope-from mark@grondar.za) Message-Id: <199812161545.RAA04870@greenpeace.grondar.za> To: Mike Smith cc: John Birrell , forrie@forrie.com, freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD Buildworld fails In-Reply-To: Your message of " Tue, 15 Dec 1998 18:23:33 PST." <199812160223.SAA01119@dingo.cdrom.com> References: <199812160223.SAA01119@dingo.cdrom.com> Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1998 17:45:49 +0200 From: Mark Murray Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Mike Smith wrote: > If we had Tcl in the base system, this would be trivial. I don't want > to use Perl at all - one is simply told that Perl is the be-all and > end-all of hackish scripting languages, but it truly appears to be too > fragile for that. I have developed such a hatred for perl, that I may even be convincable that it get kicked out of the base system. ;-) M -- Mark Murray Join the anti-SPAM movement: http://www.cauce.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message