Re: Thanks Apple! You snubbed perl yet again!

On Oct 17, 2007, at 5:25 PM, brian d foy wrote:

> In article <B12928BB-8EB2-48E4-A8DD-4C72CE878099@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
> <jeremiah@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>
>> Scripting Bridge
>> Use Objective-C, Ruby, and Python programs to automate Mac
>> applications. The new Scripting Bridge enables them to easily
>> generate AppleEvents using a concise, AppleScript-like syntax.
>
> Mac OS X comes with Mac::Carbon, I thought. IS the issue that you  
> won't
> have the right things available to you on the other side when you
> distribute applications?
>
Yes, it does come with Mac::Carbon, and yes there is CamelBones. I  
just think that Apple seems to ignore mentioning perl in their fancy  
marketing campaigns. I get frustrated by that since there is a  
misunderstanding about perl in the marketplace and companies like  
Apple are in a position to do something about it.
>
>> Apple
>> trumpets its POSIX conformation yet what UNIX is worth its weight in
>> cat5 cable if it doesn't come with perl?
>
> Mac OS X comes with Perl. Perhaps you meant to say "CamelBones", but I
> don't think POSIX cares about that.
>
>> It looks like I will have to stick with debian for developing my LAMP
>> applications.
>
> If you want to work on the Mac, you still can. It doesn't sound like
> you want to though.

It may sound like that to you, but if I didn't want to develop (in  
perl) on the Mac, why would I bother writing about this at all?

I just had hoped for more publicity for perl from Leopard. I had also  
hoped for a new version of perl and Apache 2.0 out of the box. Okay,  
getting 5.10 into Leopard isn't realistic and maybe Apache will be  
updated for Leopard, and yes, a stable platform is a worthy goal for  
users (I am beginning to convince myself I am wrong) but I think that  
Apple could have provided more for developers in regard to perl.

	Jeremiah