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Date:      Wed, 16 Dec 1998 13:33:34 -0500 (EST)
From:      Chuck Robey <chuckr@mat.net>
To:        Mark Murray <mark@grondar.za>
Cc:        Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>, John Birrell <jb@cimlogic.com.au>, forrie@forrie.com, freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: FreeBSD Buildworld fails 
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.05.9812161331490.348-100000@picnic.mat.net>
In-Reply-To: <199812161545.RAA04870@greenpeace.grondar.za>

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On Wed, 16 Dec 1998, Mark Murray wrote:

> 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. ;-)

Other technically acceptable options exist, including rexx (at least 2
free, actively maintained versions) and ruby (ports/lang/ruby).


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