Re: source dependencies cleanup (Perl)?
Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
Thu, 5 Dec 1996 23:16:08 +0000 (GMT)
> There is precedent for this. While you weren't looking, this got stuck
> in the kernel source tree (don't know how long ago, but definitely in
> the 1.3 series):
>
> ratboy:/usr/src/linux# head drivers/scsi/script_asm.pl
I've nothing against perl. I'd prefer bash if possible for critical stuff.
One reason for this is porting perl and getting it working right when
moving to a new architecture is not trivial.
Alan