Re: [MacPerl] On Mac OS Scripting and Steve Jobs

[Matthias Ulrich Neeracher <neeri@iis.ee.ethz.ch>]

irons@espresso.hampshire.edu (Nat Irons) writes:
>>Interesting reads.  Nary a mention of MacPerl, of course.
>
>Check the followup:  <http://www.scripting.com/davenet/98/03/perlXML.html>
>
>Oh, wait, he doesn't mention MacPerl here, either.

Not really, no.

> He's apparently not aware at all of the push for an OSA MacPerl or the
> reasons it doesn't exist, even though that's exactly what he's requesting.

He is certainly aware of the push, because he was quite supportive for it as
long as I was working on it (It was actually Doug who gave me most of the
day-to-day advice, but Dave was quite enthusiastic). I'm not sure if I ever
spelled out my reasons for stopping work on OSA MacPerl to him.

> He never mentions MacPerl or its principals specifically.

Neither does he mention anybody else in the Perl community, or in the Tcl or
Python communities, for that matter. Assuming that his silence is *not* because
he has written me off as being not one of "the best designers & developers"
(Somehow this phrase reminds me of Allan Ginsburg :-), I'll contact him in the
next few days and mention the existing Perl groups where this could be
discussed (p5p, oneperl).

Matthias

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