On Wed, Jun 20, 2012 at 08:42:42PM +0200, Kjetil Kjernsmo wrote: > The current description of Perl in the Debian perl package doesn't > well represent what Perl is about these days. Improved descriptions > have been bouncing around in the Perl community, may I suggest one > written by Chris Nehren? Here is a better description: > > > Perl is a highly capable, feature-rich programming language with over > 20 years of development. Perl 5 runs on over 100 platforms from > portables to mainframes. Perl is suitable for both rapid prototyping > and large scale development projects. > > Perl 5 supports many programming styles, including procedural, > functional, and object-oriented. In addition to this, it is supported > by an ever-growing collection of reusable modules which accelerate > development. Some of these modules include Web frameworks, database > integration, networking protocols, and encryption. Perl provides > interfaces to C and C++ for custom extension development.
Thanks for this; it seems like a reasonable change. Can you let me know where canonical location for this text is? Do any other list subscribers have opinions on this? Cheers, Dominic. -- Dominic Hargreaves | http://www.larted.org.uk/~dom/ PGP key 5178E2A5 from the.earth.li (keyserver,web,email) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org