Certainly, there are situations where perl isn't the best choice. And in
those unfortunate situations, other languages may be considered, however
begrudgingly. :)
I'm curious to know if there are any languages other than C and perl in
use in OpenBSD base.
On Tue, Dec 31, 2019 at 05:39:03PM +0100, Marc Espie wrote:
> On Tue, Dec 31, 2019 at 06:57:02AM -0600, Daniel Boyd wrote:
> > As one of the few remaining people out there who considers perl to be their favorite language—starting to wonder if it's just me and Larry Wall at this point—I'd like to say that perl should stay in base on its merits, all the perl-based system tools notwithstanding.
>
> You're definitely not alone, though I also enjoy other languages where perl
> falters (long startup time and complexity of linking with libraries mean
> I do C and C++ a lot as well)
>
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