Stephen Zander wrote:
> OpenSource. Try writing a second Perl implementation from scratch.
Well it's a dicier proposition that writing a Fortran or COBOL
implementation from scratch, but it's Not Intractable. The next
assertion might come as a small shock to you but Larry isn't god.
Topaz wo
> "schwern" == schwern <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
schwern> Sun doesn't give out its JDK source code freely, they
schwern> have all sorts of restrictions. If I wanted to port the
schwern> JDK I can do it, but I need special permission from Sun
schwern> to distribute it. This
All, of course, imho:
> Were something dreadful to happen to Larry and his estate chose to
> change the licensing terms of the current *implementation*
Well they can only do that to a copy of their own, not
existing copies. While the law isn't clear on a lot of
nuances related to more complex o
Stephen Zander [[EMAIL PROTECTED]] quoth:
*>
*>Speaking as someone with feet firmly in both camps (I'm a Blackdown
*>member and the Debian maintainer for the jdk and some of the largest
*>perl modules in that distribution), IMNSHO the fatal assumption made
*>by millions of people is that Java is O
On Sat, Jun 30, 2001 at 01:49:45PM -0700, Stephen Zander wrote:
> Perl's great blessing is also it's great curse; there's a single
> implementation and that *implementation* happens to be OpenSource.
> Try writing a second Perl implementation from scratch.
Fortunately, we don't have to. :)
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