On Fri, May 23, 2008 at 9:37 AM, Marc Espie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > As far as perl goes, it's about the only language that fit the bill. > The older pkg_* were totally impossible to maintain and extend, and > I needed a sensible script language that was in base.
at the risk of starting a flame war, considered python? beside not being in the base, any other downsides for this particular task? -- For far too long, power has been concentrated in the hands of "root" and his "wheel" oligarchy. We have instituted a dictatorship of the users. All system administration functions will be handled by the People's Committee for Democratically Organizing the System (PC-DOS).
