Re: [MacPerl] OSA Extention for PERL

[Vicki Brown <vlb@apple.com>]

At 08:16 -0700 on 970814, Strider wrote:
> program to the server) s/he won't let you do it? I get that a LOT. In all
> truthfulness, the OSA componant has two advantages for me: it has fewer
> files to take care of (my boss would like that- even if it just SEEMS less
> complicated, he thinks there'll be fewer conflictions, and that's great
> (and also slightly correct).

At 15:36 -0700 on 970818, Bart Lateur wrote:
> In my experience, system extensions mean trouble (conflicts etc, so that
> the Mac won't boot like it should). I never had this kind of trouble

Ah yes; I remember the trouble I had justifying "new" awk, and Korn Shell
88, and...

While I have every confidence that Matthias would provide us with a rock
solid extension that did not conflict with anything else or decrease the
stability of my Mac (;-), I have to agree that System Extensions as a breed
are generally considered dangerous.  It's much better to use an app.

If your boss doesn't believe it, I'll be happy to send him a note to that
effect (with my full .sig appended :-)

I run probably more INITs than I should, because I like toys, and everyone
I work with is positive this is why I have trouble with the Mac.  I've
spent too many hours with Conflict Catcher (a highly recommended little
program, by the way!). I'd love to have MacPerl be as fully OSA as
possible; I won't learn AppleScript and don't want to invest energy into
Frontier.  But from what Matthias has been saying, it just ain't worth the
trouble.

If you're just trying to make the boss happy so s/he doesn't see all those
files and folders in the MacPerl installation, wouldn't a MacPerl Runtime
"app" suffice for "invisiblity"?

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