[svlug] how to allow a user to ftp but not login?]

[Karen Shaeffer]

On Thu, Jul 06, 2000 at 11:50:16PM -0700, J C Lawrence wrote:
> Karen Shaeffer <shaeffer at best.com> wrote:
> 
> > On Thu, Jul 06, 2000 at 10:31:18PM -0700, J C Lawrence wrote:
> 
> 
> This is BTW one of my main complaints with perl, a language I've
> come to increasingly dislike: It attempts to impose absolutely no
> concepts of correctness or enforced pattern on its users and thus
> leaves all all higher level structural definitions to ad-hoc
> per-user per-case definition.  Uber-flexible to be sure, but I
> challenge anybody to either:
> 
>   a) Write an BNF for perl
> 
> or,
> 
>   b) Implement a matching independent implementation of the
>      language.
> 
> J C Lawrence                               Other: coder at kanga.nu


For me, perl is just fun. I would not want to use it for any serious
work though--I prefer C. OO C semantics is something I need to begin
looking into. gtk...

c,
-- 
 Karen Shaeffer
 Neuralscape; Santa Cruz, Ca. 95060
 shaeffer at neuralscape.com  http://www.neuralscape.com