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Re: when and why did python(-minimal) become essential?



On Thu, Feb 09, 2006 at 02:55:57PM -0800, Thomas Bushnell BSG wrote:
> Josselin Mouette <joss@debian.org> writes:
> 
> > Sorry, but there's a whole new generation of Debian developers here
> > that simply won't develop anything in perl, just because perl looks
> > too complex and cryptic to us. Now, with bash, perl and python, we
> > can deal with the scripting needs for at least a few releases;
> > trying to anticipate what will happen later is pure speculation.
> 
> I'm in that category too.  Perl has always looked crazy to me.

Your unwillingness or inability to learn something new is no reason to
bloat base unnecessarily.  But we have had this discussion already, and
it was, AFAICR, settled.  Or are you just down to replying randomly to
every email you see?
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