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From: allbery@NCoast.ORG (Brandon S. Allbery)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.perl
Subject: Re: Super Macho Hackers! (was Re: Novice Questions)
Message-ID: <1990Feb8.000357.20206@NCoast.ORG>
Date: 8 Feb 90 00:03:57 GMT
References: <1004@frankland-river.aaii.oz.au> <14678@fluke.COM> <1990Feb6.223117.16428@iwarp.intel.com> <20620@watdragon.waterloo.edu>
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As quoted from <20620@watdragon.waterloo.edu> by ccplumb@lion.waterloo.edu (Colin Plumb):
+---------------
| I confess; 'twas me who said it.  I just felt that anyone who
| puts socket calls in a script language is revealing a subconsious
| desire to write a newer and more feature-laden sendmail in said
| language, just to prove It Can Be Done.
+---------------

Actually, Larry's writing a newer and more feature-laden rrn in said language.
Although I must agree with you:  anyone who wants to rewrite sendmail in perl
probably needs the services of a psychiatrist.  ;-)

++Brandon
-- 
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