A Linux distribution where ALL programs are written in Perl

Although by no means a project of mine, I thought I'd mention Perl/Linux, a Linux distribution where nearly programs are written in Perl.

The only exceptions are the kernel, perl and libc.

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Re: A Linux distribution where ALL programs are written in Perl by belg4mit (Prior) on Aug 06, 2004 at 15:52 UTC
What, no curses? What about a pager or man? Interesting, similar efforts have been made including the now defunct perlix. If you manage to implement or concede an installation of X there's always PerlBox. It should be possible to implement a wide variety of mail systems using Mail::Box. Finally, I'd like to point out a cron; in perl and whichpm. UPDATE: Other bits of interests are Dominus' units, and someone's calculator elca `-- I'm not belgian but I play one on TV.`	[reply]
Re: A Linux distribution where ALL programs are written in Perl by simonm (Vicar) on Aug 06, 2004 at 17:15 UTC
It looks like most of the programs are taken from the Perl Power Tools. Given the resurgent interest in PPT, it would be good if the additional scripts that have been added were merged back in to the PPT distribution.	[reply]