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Postings from July 2000
Perhaps we could adopt a TeX-like strategy:
* Any executable called "perl" must be 100% conformant, standard,
passes the "trip tests."
* Any modified version of perl -- whether because certain features
have been omitted or because certain modules are "compiled in" --
must be called something else. "siteperl" or "microperl" or
what-have-you.
This way, we can satisfy both requirements:
* Any perl script should be able to rely on a uniform feature set
in the perl executable.
* Sometimes it's useful to have a stripped-down or extended perl.
(Go right ahead, just don't call it perl.)
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of the best than to be swamped with the derivative, the careless, the
routine" -- Robert Bringhurst, The Elements of Typographic Style