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Re: Working Group Proposal

From:
Kurt D. Starsinic
Date:
July 25, 2000 07:58
Subject:
Re: Working Group Proposal
Message ID:
20000725104953.B16172@O2.chapin.edu
On Tue, Jul 25, 2000 at 08:15:02AM -0400, Joshua N Pritikin wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 24, 2000 at 06:47:24PM -0600, tchrist@chthon.perl.com wrote:
> > >Include keyword 'open' in perl library? [y]
> > >	Include support for 'http' in 'open' [y]
> > >	Include support for 'ftp' in 'open' [y]
> > >	Overload 'open' with other support (https, etc)? [n];
> > 
> > Then you could say good-bye to portable Perl scripts.
> 
> Not necessarily.  We can offer a configuration for "standard portable
> perl", but also offer the option to build a sleek customized version
> for embedded applications.

    I hope that every keyword could be (although not necessarily would
be) implemented as a pure-Perl external module.

    Peace,
* Kurt Starsinic (kstar@orientation.com) ---------- Senior Network Engineer *
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