No reliance on perl. Easier to use on stripped down cygwin installations. I'd think that would be a benefit in the long run. I like perl, but I'd think the compiled version would be preferred.
I also thought the mkpasswd inclusion was odd. I just ripped it out of the source and said bye-bye. Mark > -----Original Message----- > From: Jonathan Kamens [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, December 07, 2001 11:06 AM > To: Mark Bradshaw > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: whois package > > > > From: Mark Bradshaw <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Date: Fri, 7 Dec 2001 11:04:27 -0500 > > > > Just took a look at the bw.org version and realised that > it's perl based. > > I'd really rather support one that can be compiled. > > Why? > > jik >
