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From: hakanson@mist.cs.orst.edu (Marion Hakanson)
Newsgroups: comp.sources.d
Subject: Re: Using perl without "#!"
Message-ID: <2662@orstcs.CS.ORST.EDU>
Date: 15 Feb 88 04:09:56 GMT
References: <184@ateng.UUCP> <1291@devvax.JPL.NASA.GOV> <1150@ucsfcca.ucsf.edu> <1904@epimass.EPI.COM>
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In article <1904@epimass.EPI.COM> jbuck@epimass.EPI.COM (Joe Buck) writes:
>In article <1150@ucsfcca.ucsf.edu> root@cca.ucsf.edu (Computer Center) writes:
>>Trying to lock non-standard programs into /bin is a typical hacker's
>>mistake. Even a program as fine as perl is said to be doesn't belong
>>in /bin.
>
>Ah, but when Larry Wall gives us a program, it usually becomes a
>standard!
>:-)

I agree, it probably will be standard.  But anything in /bin is
guaranteed to be lost in the next OS upgrade.  We try to not even
add stuff to /usr/lib around here.  Lately, we even stay out of /etc
as much as possible.

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