Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 6 Feb 2003 20:42:50 +0000 (GMT) | From | Paul Jakma <> | Subject | Re: gcc 2.95 vs 3.21 performance |
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On Tue, 4 Feb 2003, Larry McVoy wrote:
> Scripting languages are unacceptable for products. Flat out unacceptable. > I spoke to Chip when he was running the perl effort, his answer was "if > you are worried about new releases of perl breaking your scripts, ship > your own version of perl".
There is a perl compiler, perlcc, but its not perfect. why not fund it to have it made perfect. then you get best of all worlds - perl and interpretation at run time for developers and ability to ship binary files to customers.
regards, -- Paul Jakma Sys Admin Alphyra paulj@alphyra.ie Warning: /never/ send email to spam@dishone.st or trap@dishone.st
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