Is Perl really republic?

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RE: Is Perl really republic? by BigJoe (Curate) on Sep 01, 2000 at 18:03 UTC
Actually it is more like perl is Re-Public (even though it wasn't ever not public). What other language gives so much power to it's programmers. They can add to the whole groups ability by creating moudules for CPAN. And the programmers can give there input to the developers of the language and actually be heard. Perl also gives us the ability to break from the Microsoft Standard System... --BigJoe Learn patience, you must. Young PerlMonk, craves Not these things. Use the source Luke.	[reply]
Re: Is Perl really republic? by cwest (Friar) on Sep 01, 2000 at 17:45 UTC
`um, no.` [download] this is the best answer. -- Casey	[reply] [d/l]
RE: Is Perl really republic? by atl (Pilgrim) on Sep 02, 2000 at 02:01 UTC
Depends on what you mean by "Republic". If you mean Democratic development of the core language: no. That seems to be an oligarchy. Or a benevolent dictatorship. But still ... if enough people would think, the leader (group) is going nuts or inefficient, there might be a revolution. Look at what's happened to gcc: the original line got "officially" replaced by the egcs line of development. Democratic development of the library: sometimes yes, sometimes no. Much more competition there, you often have the right to choose. Your right to choose, to hack and to share applications/scripts/whatever: yeeees! :-)) Definetly! Your call :-) Have fun ... Andreas	[reply]