Re: Re^12: Debian Metadata Proposal -- draft rev.1.4
On Wed, Jul 29, 1998 at 07:47:08PM -0400, Adam P. Harris wrote:
>
> Excellent. Please let us know any flaws in the system your
> implementation work leads to. I'm starting the parsers already too.
> Sorry they are all in perl still since my time is so short. Marco
> thinks they *must* be in C. Any porters volunteer? Otherwise it
> probably won't happen for a while.
I'm happy with Perl. Perl reaaly can handle such tasks in a cnvenient and
*safe* manner. C wouldn't gain us anything except a bit speed.
As many Debian scripts are in perl, perl is in memory anyway at installation
time.
Marcus
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