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Re: [PATCH] Eliminate Scalar::Util usage from private-Error.pm

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Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Date
Jul 26, 2006, 15:17 UTC
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Hi,
[please do not remove me from the Cc: when replying to my mail]
On Wed, 26 Jul 2006, Jakub Narebski wrote:
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> Johannes Schindelin wrote:
> 
> > Seriously, I still believe that proof-of-concepts in Bash or Perl or even 
> > Python are fine. But they are not for real work, so one of my long-term 
> > goals for git is to get rid of them.
> 
> I don't think that we would want to rewrite gitweb in C, for example.
> And Perl for porcelanish commands is all right, IMVVHO.

This is true as long as you do not have problems with Perl. As soon as you start having too many problems with Perl, you want to get rid of it as soon as possible.

Think missing modules. Think ActiveState. Think corporate environment. Think other platforms. Think having to mix compilers. Or to support another one, because you cannot mix. Etc. etc.

Ciao, Dscho

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  1. cvsserver: avoid warning about active db handlesJohannes Schindelin, Jul 25, 2006
  2. Martin Langhoff (CatalystIT)Jul 25, 2006
  3. Johannes SchindelinJul 25, 2006
  4. Petr BaudisJul 25, 2006
  5. Git.xs problem, was Re: [PATCH] cvsserver: avoid warning about active db handlesJohannes Schindelin, Jul 25, 2006
  6. Eliminate Scalar::Util usage from private-Error.pmPetr Baudis, Jul 26, 2006
  7. Johannes SchindelinJul 26, 2006
  8. Johannes SchindelinJul 26, 2006
  9. Petr BaudisJul 26, 2006
  10. Johannes SchindelinJul 26, 2006
  11. Petr BaudisJul 26, 2006
  12. Johannes SchindelinJul 26, 2006
  13. Jakub NarebskiJul 26, 2006
  14. Johannes SchindelinJul 26, 2006
  15. Luben TuikovJul 26, 2006
  16. Randal L. SchwartzJul 27, 2006
  17. Johannes SchindelinJul 27, 2006
  18. Randal L. SchwartzJul 27, 2006
  19. Johannes SchindelinJul 27, 2006
  20. Petr BaudisJul 26, 2006
  21. Petr BaudisJul 26, 2006

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