Date: Tue, 16 Jul 2002 12:35:55 -0400 From: Garance A Drosihn <drosih@rpi.edu> To: Mark Valentine <mark@thuvia.demon.co.uk>, freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Subject: Re: scripting language in base system? Message-ID: <p05111717b959f8055035@[128.113.24.47]> In-Reply-To: <200207160340.g6G3eOw1024171@dotar.thuvia.org> References: <200207160340.g6G3eOw1024171@dotar.thuvia.org>
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At 4:40 AM +0100 7/16/02, Mark Valentine wrote: >drosih@rpi.edu (Garance A Drosihn) writes: > > I keep trying to write this message, listing my thoughts on >> scripting languages. While I can come up with a list of ideas >> that I completely agree with, the problem is that the items >> in that list conflict with each other, and thus I can't even >> come to a firm conclusion that *I* like. > >There are too many ideas to implement, never mind fit in a >single language. You're a step ahead of where I am. I meant listing my thoughts on just whether we even *should* have a higher-level scripting language in the base system -- never mind what it might look like! I have definite, firm opinions on both sides of the matter... > > This is an unwinnable debate, imo. > >Win?? I thought it was all about spreading mindshare, even >if just to a minority. ;-) Win? I can't even decide which side I'm on... [well, I'd definitely be happy to see a BSD-licensed ruby in the base system, but I can't really defend why it should be ruby as opposed to something else like python. I also know that tcl drives me nuts, even though I know other programmers who really like it] -- Garance Alistair Drosehn = gad@gilead.netel.rpi.edu Senior Systems Programmer or gad@freebsd.org Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute or drosih@rpi.edu To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message
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