Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uwm.edu!bionet!agate!usenet.ins.cwru.edu!ncoast!allbery From: allbery@NCoast.ORG (Brandon S. Allbery KB8JRR) Newsgroups: comp.lang.perl Subject: Re: Standard Distribution Message-ID: <1991Feb9.171112.17329@NCoast.ORG> Date: 9 Feb 91 17:11:12 GMT References: <893@ticnj.UUCP> <1991Feb05.111212.12131@convex.com> Reply-To: allbery@ncoast.ORG (Brandon S. Allbery KB8JRR) Followup-To: comp.lang.perl Organization: North Coast Public Access Un*x (ncoast) Lines: 22 As quoted from by bob@MorningStar.Com (Bob Sutterfield): +--------------- | widely varying pedigree. Hopefully, we can expect modern tools (e.g. | perl, Emacs, *TeX, expect) to begin appearing on enough of our target | systems to make using them worthwhile. Until then, we're forced to | use what's available on the least of them. +--------------- One nice thing about PD and even copylefted tools: if we expect 'em and they aren't there, we can just take a tape over to the site and install 'em. Emacs is a popular candidate for this; Perl is just one step away from it. And at least one site is about to get its buggy, broken DWB replaced with TeX. Of course, it helps that we don't take customers we can't drive to in under an hour.... ++Brandon -- Me: Brandon S. Allbery VHF/UHF: KB8JRR on 220, 2m, 440 Internet: allbery@NCoast.ORG Packet: KB8JRR @ WA8BXN America OnLine: KB8JRR AMPR: KB8JRR.AmPR.ORG [44.70.4.88] uunet!usenet.ins.cwru.edu!ncoast!allbery Delphi: ALLBERY