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Date: Fri, 02 Jan 2009 11:33:02 -0800
From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
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To: Rob Landley <rob@landley.net>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3]: Replace kernel/timeconst.pl with kernel/timeconst.sh
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Rob Landley wrote:
> 
> You mean "The new shell script is much simpler, about 1/4 the size, runs on 
> Red Hat 9 from 2003, and isn't perl?" :)
> 

And introduces unclear environment dependencies depending on how
external utilities are implemented.

The whole point of why that script was written in Perl was to have
access to arbitrary-precision arithmetic -- after it was shown that bc
would simply lock up on some systems.

	-hpa

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H. Peter Anvin, Intel Open Source Technology Center
I work for Intel.  I don't speak on their behalf.

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