> I recently submitted a message suggesting that Linux use PERL as the
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> implementation lanugage for many of its system support programs.  The
> follow-ups indicated that people aren't familiar with the abilities of
> PERL.  To address specific points mentioned in the followup, PERL does
> give access to essentially all of the Unix system calls, including
> alarm() and listen().  There is no technical reason why PERL couldn't
> be used; it is simply a question of whether people think the
> philosophical change is justified by the advantages gained.
> 
> Tim

The technical abilities of PERL are not being questioned.  But using PERL 
would greatly complicate matters, when there is no storage benefit and a
performance degradation.  (Before you reply that PERL is interpretted, or
interpiled, remember that very soon Linux will have shared libraries, and I
believe Linux already has shared and sticky binaries.)

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Arlie Davis