QOTD server (Re: Help with socket 'select')

[Sean Casey]

dupuy at cs.columbia.edu (Alexander Dupuy) writes:

|In article <13937 at orstcs.CS.ORST.EDU> Paul O'Neill writes:
|> [perl script deleted]

|Why is it that everybody thinks perl is great for everything.  I'm sure it has
|its uses, but its only one tool - there are lots of others.  Here's a simpler
|version of the same thing that doesn't require perl, weird perl socket support,
|or a separate deamon process:

Why is it that everybody always jumps at the chance demean someone
else's effort?

The perl tool listed was useful, and has uses beyond simple quote of
the day servers. It also offers the possibility of writing a user level
server, where the script given by Mr. Dupoy must be installed using
root privileges.

Stop being a critic long enough to see the beauty and utility manifest
in such a simple program.

Sean
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