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FreeBSD: Perl to be removed

Posted by Hemos on from the killing-the-perl dept.

zmcgrew writes "From Daemon News:
"The decision was made to remove Perl from the FreeBSD -current base system [earlier story ]. Perl will be supported as a port that the user can install after the base installation, however it will no longer be required. Mark Murray put out a call to the -current mailing list asking for volunteers to port all Perl scripts in the base system to another language, such as sh or C. All critical programs are already being ported, with only a few minor ones left to be claimed." Wow..."

2 of 97 comments (clear)

  1. Re:And now, back to your regularly scheduled UNIX. by Cuthalion · · Score: 0, Troll

    Ever install HatRed? 240 packages later, you have a 'stripped down' *nix. Talk about losing sight of the original idea....

    I had no idea that the original idea of unix was minimalism.

    --
    Trees can't go dancing
    So do them a big favor
    Pretend dancing stinks!
  2. Re:You, Maam, are an idiot. by Pauly · · Score: 0, Troll
    This is far from "flamebait." Oh, wait, this is slashdot, where realistic appraisals of Perl are non grata.

    C and sh are MUCH better for system administration once you figure out how to use the pipe along with the hundreds of useful utilities already on the system.
    Perl is for people who don't get the pipe.
    Perl is for people who think their scripts are portable since it runs on both of their linux systems.
    Remember people, Perl modules are written in C.