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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!zombie.ncsc.mil!news.mathworks.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.sprintlink.net!matlock.mindspring.com!usenet From: Robert Sanders <rsanders@mindspring.com> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: What version of Perl and ncurses will be in 2.1? Date: 10 Oct 1995 09:54:44 -0400 Organization: MindSpring Enterprises, Inc. Lines: 18 Sender: rsanders@interbev.mindspring.com Message-ID: <87ohvptpej.fsf@interbev.mindspring.com> References: <4514di$ci5@Apollo.dmacc.cc.ia.us> <JKH.95Oct9041127@time.cdrom.com> <45bgjv$evq@mordred.gatech.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: interbev.mindspring.com In-reply-to: coleman@redwood.skiles.gatech.edu's message of 9 Oct 1995 15:54:39 GMT X-Newsreader: Gnus v5.0.4 On 9 Oct 1995 15:54:39 GMT, coleman@redwood.skiles.gatech.edu (Richard Coleman) said: > This seems surprising. Perl 5.001m and ncurses-1.9.4 have > been out for some time now. I noticed that several of the > commercial Linux distributions are now carrying perl-5.001m, > so I would have expected the same with FreeBSD-2.1. Speaking as a user of both, let me say that Linux and FreeBSD have traditionally differed on the value of newness in a stable, production system. I have had lots of trouble with perl5.001m muffing up its internal refcounting and segfaulting. I'd rather that the system perl be perl4. Users who need otherwise -- usually for specific applications -- can easily install perl5. -- Robert -- MindSpring: use us and nobody gets hurt.