On Fri, 13 Dec 2024 09:30:22 +0200, Andrius Merkys <mer...@debian.org> wrote: >On 2024-12-12 20:51, Marco d'Itri wrote: >> On Dec 12, Jonathan Dowland <j...@debian.org> wrote: >>> The "Perl Problem" is a wider issue we should explore in much more depth. >> We would first need to determine that there is an actual problem. >> Perl is quite healthy as a language and has aged much better than many >> other younger languages: e.g. there is no need to update all code every >> few years because backward compatibility is preserved basically forever >> at this point. > >+1, advantages of Perl should not be ignored.
I disagree violently with all efforts that would waste Debian people's time to rewrite existing and well-working times just for the sake of having them in a more "modern" programming language. That time is much better spent with improving existing tools. Greetings Marc -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Marc Haber | " Questions are the | Mailadresse im Header Rhein-Neckar, DE | Beginning of Wisdom " | Nordisch by Nature | Lt. Worf, TNG "Rightful Heir" | Fon: *49 6224 1600402
