Re: Why do users need FileHandles?
On Sun, Jul 25, 2004 at 11:41:14PM -0500, Dan Hursh wrote: : Larry Wall wrote: : : >On Sun, Jul 25, 2004 at 01:32:29AM -0500, Dan Hursh wrote: : >: >2. Really core. This is the sort of "standard library". Just the most : >: >essential bits that are required for general Perl usability. You'd : >: >probably include most of these, even in a "trimmed down" release, such : >: >as an OS installer : >: : >: What most venders will ship. : > : >Which is basically why we are planning not to produce one of these. : >I think we should concentrate on 1 and 3. : : I know. In that case, I think venders are liable to be lazy or peeved : and ship option 1 or worse, nothing. Is the answer really supposed to : be CPAN or no library? Is there a plan to at least have stable : snapshots of CPAN? Sorry to be a pest on this, but the implications : actually scare me about things I didn't worry about before because I had : confidence that they would be addressed in 'the library'. Maybe I just : need to sit and meditate some more. Sounds like you're confusing #3 with #4. Larry
Re: Why do users need FileHandles?
Larry Wall wrote: On Sun, Jul 25, 2004 at 01:32:29AM -0500, Dan Hursh wrote: : >2. Really core. This is the sort of "standard library". Just the most : >essential bits that are required for general Perl usability. You'd : >probably include most of these, even in a "trimmed down" release, such : >as an OS installer : : What most venders will ship. Which is basically why we are planning not to produce one of these. I think we should concentrate on 1 and 3. I know. In that case, I think venders are liable to be lazy or peeved and ship option 1 or worse, nothing. Is the answer really supposed to be CPAN or no library? Is there a plan to at least have stable snapshots of CPAN? Sorry to be a pest on this, but the implications actually scare me about things I didn't worry about before because I had confidence that they would be addressed in 'the library'. Maybe I just need to sit and meditate some more. Dan
Re: Why do users need FileHandles?
On Sun, Jul 25, 2004 at 01:32:29AM -0500, Dan Hursh wrote: : >2. Really core. This is the sort of "standard library". Just the most : >essential bits that are required for general Perl usability. You'd : >probably include most of these, even in a "trimmed down" release, such : >as an OS installer : : What most venders will ship. Which is basically why we are planning not to produce one of these. I think we should concentrate on 1 and 3. Larry
