Thursday, January 02, 2020

Re: perl popularity inside openbsd community? (Re: Suggestion: Replace Perl ...)

On Fri, Jan 03, 2020 at 09:43:21AM +1000, Stuart Longland wrote:
> On 3/1/20 8:50 am, Marc Chantreux wrote:
> >> Like this thread, or worse?
> > * long doesn't mean endless
> > * sharing points of view is never sterile (yours is inspired by other
> > ones, right?)
>
> I would say it's been highly educational.
>
> Granted, this did not get off to a good start with the "let's replace
> Perl with Lua" debate, but it has piqued my interest in what the Raku
> team are up to.
>
> It's pointed out style(9) which I'm having a read of now. Having gotten
> familiar with the Linux kernel coding style and the coding style used in
> OpenThread, it's helpful sometimes to look at how others do it, as
> sometimes you can learn something that ultimately makes your life easier.
>
> There's a valid point about whether this is the appropriate forum for
> this. Question is, if not here, then where?

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