On Mon, Dec 10, 2001 at 03:47:59PM -0500, Jonathan Kamens wrote: >> From: Mark Bradshaw <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2001 15:22:40 -0500 >> >> I got a couple of notes last week from Chris and Jonathan Kamens suggesting >> bw-whois as the package of choice, but no pro or con list. > >Well, I gave you some pros and cons, but they focused on meta-issues >rather than on the actual functionality of the two packages. I >personally think it's easier to maintain a Perl script than a compiled >program, and I don't consider the ability to run in a "stripped down >cygwin" is terribly important, but I can see that other people might, >which is why I dropped the argument :-). > >I doubt the functionality of bw-whois is so different from the GNU >package you mentioned that it makes much of a difference which one you >choose. So if you're willing to do the work, and you'd rather >maintain the GNU version, I think you should go for it.
That's a 100% ditto from me. cgf
