Date: Sun, 23 Jun 1996 23:13:22 -0700 (MST) From: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org> To: msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au (Michael Smith) Cc: terry@lambert.org, phk@FreeBSD.org, hackers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/etc/mtree BSD.usr.dist Message-ID: <199606240613.XAA27150@phaeton.artisoft.com> In-Reply-To: <199606230729.QAA16013@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> from "Michael Smith" at Jun 23, 96 04:59:32 pm
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> > > need them or even wanted them to be available. > > > > Here's why I complain and scream about PERL in FreeBSD. > > > > FreeBSD, true to it's UNIX heritage, is a tools-based OS. > > > > PERL is a tool (fine so far). > > > > PERL scripts are not tools (the kicker). > > That's just stupid. Perl scripts _can_ be tools. Some may be, some > may not be, depending on your point of view. Well, not putting PERL in the base distribution would prevent the non-tool Perl scripts from becoming part of the base distribution. I'm open to other suggestions that achieve the same effect without throwing the baby out with the bath water... but I still think the bathwater needs to go. 8-). Terry Lambert terry@lambert.org --- Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present or previous employers.
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