[ On Thursday, March 7, 2002 at 16:46:04 (-0500), Michael Sterrett -Mr. Bones.- wrote: ] > Subject: Re: sccs2rcs to perl > > I see a problem with the CVS code as distributed. That is, it has > a single csh script which is both slow and makes the CVS code-base > depend on an additional unix "utility" when it doesn't have to.
Well, it's only a contributed utility, not a core part of the CVS code as distributed..... > I believe I addressed both of these problems with my re-write of the > script in perl. No, you did not. Only a translation to POSIX Shell or C would have addressed both problems. While the translation to perl may have made the script run faster, it only changed the reliance on one semi-standard tool to another less standard tool (perl is neither commonly available on all unix platforms, nor is it terribly small and fast, though it may be faster than csh). -- Greg A. Woods +1 416 218-0098; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Planix, Inc. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; VE3TCP; Secrets of the Weird <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> _______________________________________________ Bug-cvs mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-cvs