>>>>> "Thomas" == Thomas Dickey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>> [Perl] How does this sound?
Thomas> not acceptable (let's not let your biases get in the way)
:) :) :)
Well, my biases are the PITA that represents maintaining a sed + sh +
awk program such as autoconf. autoconf is _slow_, very slow. Sure,
m4 is the most expansive part of autoconf's task, but maintaining
autoconf, autoheader etc. as separated sh scripts is a hassle.
Again, the portability problems we address are those of the *user*,
not that of the maintainer.
Using Perl we let us factor the code, and concentrate on our features
instead of others' misfeatures.
