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- From: Dominic Dunlop <domo@tsa.co.uk>
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- In article <4b8c2cb1.20b6d@apollo.HP.COM> carlton@apollo.hp.com
- (Carlton B. Hommel) writes:
- >I've spent several hours over the past few weeks, trying to get perl included as
- >part of the next base software release. It won't happen, for the following
- >reasons...
- >
- >1. The GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE
- >...
- >
- >2. No Support
- >...
-
- [Cogent, if besuited, explanations omited -- dig up original posting QUICK if
- interested.]
- >
- >In short, while R&D might think that perl is the best thing since V7, those dreaded
- >"business considerations" currently prevent our shipping this truely outstanding
- >utility.
-
- Thanks for trying, Carl.
-
- >So, how can perl get into Domain/OS, the Apollo software release? Well,
- >since we, like most other big companies, follow the policy of jumping on whatever
- >standards bandwagons come down the pike, if perl makes it into Posix, 1003.?, OSF,
- >the next Berkeley distribution, or whatever, then we will pick it up. However, I'm
- >afraid that perl might be just a little too late for any of these efforts.
- >
- >I've taken a shot at it here at HP/Apollo. What about other companies? If I can
- >say that our competition is shipping perl, that might swing some weight. Is anyone
- >spearheading an effort to get perl included in the "Real Unix" standards?
- >
- Not to my knowledge. Standardizing the shell and tools is quite enough
- work for now and the next year or two. (That's what 1003.2 is doing.)
- 1003.7, on system administration, might be interested, but they're
- currently developing a framework for administration -- trying to work out
- what the problem is before they propose a solution -- whereas the philosophy
- of perl, as applied to administration, is to make it easier to hack up
- ad-hoc solutions (and none the worse for that).
- --
- Dominic Dunlop
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- Volume-Number: Volume 20, Number 133
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