Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!wuarchive!psuvax1!ukma!sean From: sean@ms.uky.edu (Sean Casey) Newsgroups: alt.sources.d Subject: Re: QOTD server (Re: Help with socket 'select') Message-ID: <13304@s.ms.uky.edu> Date: 22 Nov 89 18:25:50 GMT References: <13937@orstcs.CS.ORST.EDU> Organization: The Leaning Tower of Patterson Office @ The Univ. of KY Lines: 26 dupuy@cs.columbia.edu (Alexander Dupuy) writes: |In article <13937@orstcs.CS.ORST.EDU> Paul O'Neill writes: |> [perl script deleted] |Why is it that everybody thinks perl is great for everything. I'm sure it has |its uses, but its only one tool - there are lots of others. Here's a simpler |version of the same thing that doesn't require perl, weird perl socket support, |or a separate deamon process: Why is it that everybody always jumps at the chance demean someone else's effort? The perl tool listed was useful, and has uses beyond simple quote of the day servers. It also offers the possibility of writing a user level server, where the script given by Mr. Dupoy must be installed using root privileges. Stop being a critic long enough to see the beauty and utility manifest in such a simple program. Sean -- *** Sean Casey sean@ms.uky.edu, sean@ukma.bitnet, ukma!sean *** Copyright 1989 by Sean Casey. Only non-profit redistribution permitted. *** "If you'll go to Joe B's, I'll buy. How's that sound?" "Sounds free!"