Re: Survey Results : Perl vs Icon vs ....

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From: Kenneth Walker
Date: Wed, 03 Apr 1991 16:12

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In article <3252@charon.cwi.nl>, guido@cwi.nl (Guido van Rossum) writes:
> There is no excuse for not providing a decent Unix interface for a
> language that runs under Unix.  Leaving it up to local initiative
> ("customization") is fatal for portability.

The argument applies equally to the Amiga, Atari ST, MS-DOS, OS/2,
MPW on the Macintosh, CMS, VMS, and VMS. That's a lot of work!
Actually there are some operating system specific functions, mostly
supplied by those who did the ports and other members of the user
community. My point is that implementing and supporting such interfaces
requires resources.

  Ken Walker / Computer Science Dept / Univ of Arizona / Tucson, AZ 85721
  +1 602 621-4252  kwalker@cs.arizona.edu {uunet|allegra|noao}!arizona!kwalker

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From: kwalker@cs.arizona.edu (Kenneth Walker)
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Subject: Re: Survey Results : Perl vs Icon vs ....
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