On Mon, Jan 19, 2009 at 6:35 PM, Jan Dubois <j...@activestate.com> wrote:
> If the "broken" version produces a sensible error message, and the
> "correct"
> version produces a bunch of gibberish, then I prefer the brokenness.
>
> I'm happy to get ActivePerl to change the value of $Config{cc} when no
> compiler
> is found once the build tools do something sensible with an empty setting.
>
I was merely repeating what Nicholas Clark had said off the cuff on #p5p. I
agree with you and I think the general view was "oh, well" it's been that
way for ages so let's leave well enough alone.
-- David
