Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!sdd.hp.com!spool.mu.edu!caen!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!ub!galileo.cc.rochester.edu!rochester!pt.cs.cmu.edu!drycas.club.cc.cmu.edu!zardoz.club.cc.cmu.edu!ddj From: ddj@zardoz.club.cc.cmu.edu (Doug DeJulio) Newsgroups: comp.lang.perl Subject: Re: Ruminations on the future of Perl Message-ID: <1991Jun28.020603.1069@zardoz.club.cc.cmu.edu> Date: 28 Jun 91 02:06:03 GMT References: Organization: The Castle Anthrax Lines: 14 In article worley@compass.com (Dale Worley) writes: >In order for Perl to take its rightful place as a standard Unix tool, >it needs to become a product. However, I can't see how to finance the >large amount of work that is going to be necessary on a continuing >basis. It's not like it's a commercial product, it's available under copyleft. People *will* continue to improve it, and we'll all benefit from the result. -- -- Doug DeJulio ddj@zardoz.club.cc.cmu.edu (NeXT mail) dd26+@andrew.cmu.edu (AMS/ATK mail)