On Thu, 5 Dec 1996, Keith Rohrer wrote:
>
> > > > You could write the Configure program in Common LISP, also!
> > > > Common LISP's source is only 16871K, after all, and
> > > > it's *much* more powerful and easy to use than BASH!
> > >
> > > Thanks, but no thanks. The one LISP class I took a few years ago was
> > > enough LISP for me. :-)
> > > Now COBOL...there's an idea... *grin*
> > Heck, why not Smalltalk? Or Forth? Or Prolog? >;]
> None of those are particularly suited to the task. Howsabout Intercal (with
> its paucity of features, it should be easy to support) or "sendmail.cf" (the
> language most people dealing with extremely hairy configurations are used
> to already)? Plus, most everyone has sendmail, and most everyone who
> has sendmail has up-to-the-minute sources.
>
> Keith
>
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