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Re: is it possible to install a desktop-manager without python and perl?



> On Mon, Jun 22, 2009 at 05:45:46PM +0800, 明覺 wrote:
> 
> > yes, currently, I'm almost a "one programming language only" people, I
> > can accept the existence of other languages, but I think they should
> > be optional, not necessory!

On 22.06.09 10:06, Tzafrir Cohen wrote:
> Such an attitude won't get you very far in a Linux ecosphere.
> 
> If you're concerened about integration, you'll certainly have to know
> shell scripting (and a bit of awk, sed and alike). And unless your 
> system is rather minimal, using a dynamic language such as perl or 
> python is a huge time saver.

otoh, I also dislike the need for many scripting languages. Perl, python,
tcl, lua, ruby, lisp, scheme... 
I'd be also glad if packages like openssl-blacklist didn't require python...

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