Re: Perl essential ?
On Fri, 2 Mar 2001, Andreas Schuldei wrote:
> * Hamish Moffatt (hamish@debian.org) [010302 10:28]:
> > > Perl should NOT be required. It's an interpreter. For scripts.
> >
> > And so is bash, better remove it.
>
> true, ash should be enough. bashisms are no good.
That would be useful for finding subtle bashisms in maintainer scripts...
> > Be careful, your bias is showing.
>
> perhaps he just want a minimal essential?
Essential is _supposed_ to be minimal. That's the _point_. Anyone who
wants to contest this can go back to Windows 2000, where _everything_ is
essential.
Regards,
Alex.
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