Why is RunRev using perl instead of LC?

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Why is RunRev using perl instead of LC?

Post by shawnblc » Mon Jan 28, 2013 2:13 am

Why is RunRev using perl instead of LC?
http://quality.runrev.com/enter_bug.cgi

If it was me, we'd be using the product and not something canned or custom in perl.

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Re: Why is RunRev using perl instead of LC?

Post by FourthWorld » Mon Jan 28, 2013 2:22 am

I used to write almost all my own stuff, but the more ambitious I got the more I came to appreciate that not every wheel needs to be reinvented. So I stopped writing my own word processors, and similary RunRev doesn't custom code every trivial CGI. Bigger fish to fry....
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Re: Why is RunRev using perl instead of LC?

Post by shawnblc » Mon Jan 28, 2013 3:28 am

FourthWorld wrote:I used to write almost all my own stuff, but the more ambitious I got the more I came to appreciate that not every wheel needs to be reinvented. So I stopped writing my own word processors, and similary RunRev doesn't custom code every trivial CGI. Bigger fish to fry....

Rog-O. I can appreciate that answer. Especially, from what I understand RR is a relatively small group dedicated to LC.

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Re: Why is RunRev using perl instead of LC?

Post by mwieder » Mon Jan 28, 2013 8:44 pm

VERY dedicated :D

I have, over the years, hand-coded my own defect-tracking systems when necessary, and thankfully it's no longer necessary. Jira, Donedone, bitbucket, all do much better jobs of it than I would think of doing, and with much less gnashing of teeth and tearing of hair.

...but... perl? I see lots of javascript, and javascript is the language of the web. But no perl that I can discern at the client level.

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