Josselin Mouette <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > If a good number of scripts that would be worth including in the base > system were written in haskell or scheme, I would be the first one to > support that inclusion.
Which scripts written in Python do you feel should be included in the base system and cannot be currently because Python isn't included? Be specific. A killer application that everyone wants to have in base will be the way that Python would enter base; without that, I think this discussion is largely a waste of time and an invitation to back into argumentative corners that can only result in hurt feelings. Personally, I write both Perl and Python, and if some fantastic core component of Debian ended up being written in Objective CAML, I think that would be a great excuse to learn Objective CAML. But bickering over which language is best isn't going to get us anywhere. There's a pure resource tradeoff involved, and any language, including Perl, has to pass a cost/benefit analysis that involves real applications we want to run in base. Obviously, once the language is already in base and is already being used, the cost/benefit analysis reverses and one instead starts looking at the cost of removing it. The inherent merits of the language rarely end up being a decisive factor. -- Russ Allbery ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) <http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
