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Re: [ID 20000330.052] Use of uninitialized value in concatenation (.)

From:
Tim Bunce
Date:
April 3, 2000 05:24
Subject:
Re: [ID 20000330.052] Use of uninitialized value in concatenation (.)
Message ID:
20000403132022.F21873@ig.co.uk
On Sat, Apr 01, 2000 at 03:09:57PM -0500, Andy Dougherty wrote:
> On Fri, 31 Mar 2000, Larry Wall wrote:
> 
> > but I'll be switched if I'll let you heap abuse on Sarathy for doing a
> > better job of release management than I ever did.  Sarathy has done
> > more to improve Perl than anyone else.  Period.
> 
> Amen to that.  (Not to shortchange Chip, of course, who's heroic work on
> 5.004 was also truly amazing.)

Seconded, on both counts.

> I am continually amazed at the tremendous good some folks do as free
> contributions to the greater community.  And I am often depressed how
> swiftly some few come in and attempt to tear the good down.

Having dipped a toe in the water for the maintenance of 5.004_0x, I can
say with confidence that it's impossible to guess the enormous level of
work and commitment involved without actually doing it.

Sarathy is a star.

Tim.



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