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Developer scripts (checkpatch etc.) are written in perl, though it's not required for builds.
by kasabali 6y ago
Developer scripts (checkpatch etc.) are written in perl, though it's not required for builds.
- HarryHirsch 6y agoProbably beats python and the continuous version idiocy - Python 2 vs Python 3, 3.7 vs 3.9 &c, p.p. If you have throwaway scripts in a startup, fine, but unacceptable when you are maintaining an OS that all the world relies on. You wonder - what does Dr Hipp use for sqlite? Never looked into that build system!
- snazz 6y agohttps://www.sqlite.org/draft/howtocompile.html https://www.sqlite.org/draft/howtocompile.html There's some tcl involved.
- NationalPark 6y agoPerl has its own version naming problem. But there's no reason to think it would be any more stable or secure than Python, which is in the critical path of all sorts of things (not just "throwaway scripts in a startup").
- lizmat 6y agoIf you're referring to Perl 6 versus Perl 5: that problem has been fixed by renaming Perl 6 to Raku (https://raku.org https://raku.org using the #rakulang tag on social media).