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



On Mon, 2009-06-22 at 17:40 +0800, 明覺 wrote:
> On Mon, Jun 22, 2009 at 4:54 PM, Tzafrir Cohen<tzafrir@cohens.org.il> wrote:
> > On Mon, Jun 22, 2009 at 09:17:18AM +0800, 明覺 wrote:
> >> I want to keep the programs in my system all written in c/c++, no
> >> python or perl or any other programming languages, is it possible to
> >> reach it? I removed the 2 packages, python and perl, from my system,
> >> and of cause, I losed my desktop, is it possible to install a desktop
> >> manager without perl and python? which is the proper desktop manager?
> >> thanks
> >
> > Let's throw some data into this discussion:
[..]
> > Debconf needs perl. And you won't have much of a Debian system without
> > debconf. I wouldn't try removing that one.

I have quickly analyzed the files in my /usr/bin:
 235 shell script
 71 python programs
 241 perl programs
 986 "ELF" programs

> So does it mean debian determines
> the use of python and perl? could you help recommend some
> distributions that do not need perl or python? thanks

Which company would hire a programmer that is unwilling to learn/use
anything but C/C++? Your employability is low, and it will get lower and
lower.

Sorry for telling you the truth, but you can't live in a world with only
C/C++

Franklin


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