From: "Steve Thomas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> On Thu, Mar 11, 2004 at 11:36:48AM -0600, mike is rumored to have said:
> >
> > somebody has to say it....
> >
> > Java sux.
>
> And if you hadn't, I probably would've...
Please, gentlemen, can we avoid a language war here? perl has built
in features that fit this sort of project and the programmers who
are its chief authors know perl well. Therefore perl is "the best
language for spamassassin." And I'm not too keyed up over what might
be the ideal language for a "SpamWhompinator" or the like. I'm simply
interested in keeping SpamAssassin working well.
Note, too, that moving to a new language means a halt to continued
SpamAssassin development in its current form while they rewrite and
debug. That would be "unfortunate". So changing languages at this
time seems to be a theoretical argument that is not germane to the
list at this time.
{^_^} (If you're not careful you'll get me going about REXX just
to be obnoxious. If polite requests as above don't work
maybe threats will.)
