[Interest] Oops! Somebody's got a bad case of dependency bloat!

[Bob Hood]

On 4/10/2013 11:29 AM, Thiago Macieira wrote:
> On quarta-feira, 10 de abril de 2013 10.50.27, Bob Hood wrote:
>> On 4/10/2013 10:11 AM, Thiago Macieira wrote:
>>> On quarta-feira, 10 de abril de 2013 09.34.57, Michael Jackson wrote:
>>>> I'd really like to know who thought that needing perl for the build was a
>>>> good idea when not all the platforms have it as a base installed software
>>>> package.
>>> Perl is a standard tool in most operating systems
>> "Perl is a standard tool in most UN*X-based operating systems."  ( <-- fixed
>> )
> No, I meant what I said. Most operating systems, definitely all the decent 
> ones.


No doubt you meant what you said.  However, it hardly changes the fact that
the one omitted is rather ubiquitous, regardless of your personal feelings
about it.  I have no love for Microsoft (especially after Windows 8), and I
hate Apple and their ecosystem snobbery with a passion.  However, as a
commercial developer, I understand the need to support them as part of basic
business practices.  While I may curse them like a sailor privately, I never
allow my prejudices to reach my customers through my product.