Certainly, there are situations where perl isn't the best choice. And in those unfortunate situations, other languages may be considered, however begrudgingly. :)
I'm curious to know if there are any languages other than C and perl in use in OpenBSD base. On Tue, Dec 31, 2019 at 05:39:03PM +0100, Marc Espie wrote: > On Tue, Dec 31, 2019 at 06:57:02AM -0600, Daniel Boyd wrote: > > As one of the few remaining people out there who considers perl to be their > > favorite language—starting to wonder if it’s just me and Larry Wall at this > > point—I’d like to say that perl should stay in base on its merits, all the > > perl-based system tools notwithstanding. > > You're definitely not alone, though I also enjoy other languages where perl > falters (long startup time and complexity of linking with libraries mean > I do C and C++ a lot as well) >
