[sf-perl] lack of perl in config management - problem?

Randal L. Schwartz merlyn at stonehenge.com
Sat Dec 10 17:08:34 PST 2011


>>>>> "Philip" == Philip J Hollenback <philiph at pobox.com> writes:

Philip> On Sat, Dec 10, 2011, at 03:44 PM, Rich Morin wrote:
>> One question I'd have is whether Perl is as facile as Ruby at the
>> kinds of metaprogramming and internal DSL creation that (say) Chef
>> uses).  If not, the result of a Perl rework might not be very pretty.

Philip> I agree - what is it about ruby that makes it so attractive for config
Philip> management?  I know nothing about ruby at all.

Also see

  http://code.ticketmaster.com/index.php?page=spine-getting-started

That's a huge config manager written in *Perl*.

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