明覺 <shi.min...@gmail.com> writes: > On Mon, Jun 22, 2009 at 5:55 PM, Tzafrir Cohen<tzaf...@cohens.org.il> wrote: >> On Mon, Jun 22, 2009 at 05:40:20PM +0800, 明覺 wrote: >> >>> So does it mean debian determines the use of python and perl? >> >> Python? Python is not a dependency. perl-base is. perl is, to a lesser >> extent. > gnome depends on python, if other desktop manager doesn't depend on > it, I will switch to that one. >> >>> could you help recommend some distributions that do not need perl or >>> python? thanks >> >> What's your problem with using perl? This is not a rethorical question. >> Do you have an issue of performance? Disk space? Memory usage? Can you >> provide some more details about your application? > no problem with perl, I just want to keep my system simple so that I > will be able to modify them someday in the future, without learning > any other programming languages. > thanks
I like the mindset of wanting to be able to modify the programs on your computer. Truly, this is the heart of running a Free Software operating system. It is excellent to see a user elevating that desire so high. Unfortunately for your other constraints, you will be unable to achieve the goal of a Perl-free system with most distributions. Many software developers work in Perl or Python so that they can produce good software much more quickly than writing everything by hand in C; I choose OCaml myself for this very reason. Perl is used for some of the base glue that holds Debian together. Even Gentoo, one of the most customizable distributions around short of LFS, used Python for its package manager last I knew. And even in LFS land, you will definitely have shell scripts, and if you go far enough with it will need Perl and perhaps M4 programs to get things working (IIRC some of the Autotools suite requires Perl). So while the goal of being able to modify anything is good, I do not think it is achievable with the constraint of only C or C++ with presently-available Linux distributions. You might try FreeBSD. Perl and Python are not installed in the base system; everything in its base system is C, C++, shell/sed/awk, or Make. Perl and Python will only be installed when you start installing additional software from its Ports collection that require them. - Michael -- mouse, n: A device for pointing at the xterm in which you want to type. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
