Bug#678307: perl: Description does not well reflect what Perl is

[Dominic Hargreaves]

On Wed, Jun 20, 2012 at 08:42:42PM +0200, Kjetil Kjernsmo wrote:
> The current description of Perl in the Debian perl package doesn't
> well represent what Perl is about these days. Improved descriptions
> have been bouncing around in the Perl community, may I suggest one
> written by Chris Nehren? Here is a better description:
> 
> 
> Perl is a highly capable, feature-rich programming language with over
> 20 years of development. Perl 5 runs on over 100 platforms from
> portables to mainframes. Perl is suitable for both rapid prototyping
> and large scale development projects.
> 
> Perl 5 supports many programming styles, including procedural,
> functional, and object-oriented. In addition to this, it is supported
> by an ever-growing collection of reusable modules which accelerate
> development. Some of these modules include Web frameworks, database
> integration, networking protocols, and encryption. Perl provides
> interfaces to C and C++ for custom extension development.

Thanks for this; it seems like a reasonable change. Can you let me
know where canonical location for this text is?

Do any other list subscribers have opinions on this?

Cheers,
Dominic.

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