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Re: perl is offensive



> Debian Jr. contains python (in junior-programming).
> 
> Debian Jr. does *not* contain perl.

Leaving the purism beside, is there a real reason to that?


Em Sáb, 2002-03-16 às 20:53, Ben Armstrong escreveu:
> On Sat, Mar 16, 2002 at 10:37:30PM +0000, Matthew Wilcox wrote:
> > Manoj tells me he has proposed sanitising debian by ridding it of perl.
> > This email is to second his proposal.  I feel perl's "there's more
> > than one way to do it" attitude to be offensive and harmful to young,
> > inexperienced programmers and could seduce them down a dark path.
> > As it stands, perl is inappropriate to be on the box my brother uses.
> 
> Note:
> 
> Debian Jr. contains python (in junior-programming).
> 
> Debian Jr. does *not* contain perl.
> 
> Ben
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