*login in perl? (was Re: Cloginvs dollar signs)

['john heasley']

Sat, Jan 10, 2004 at 08:52:39PM +1100, Andrew Fort:
> 'john heasley' wrote:
> 
> >[ i happened across this while googling for answers...
> >
> > After a duel with TCL, I return triumphant (but seriously injured; I took 
> > a
> > blow to the head that may never heal...).
> >	- Daniel Jacobowitz
> >]
> > 
> >
> 
> and from the same post,
> 
> "
> A friend of mine got so fed up with TCL that he rewrote DejaGNU in Perl, 
> which he's planning to publish in the next couple of weeks. I can see why.
> - Daniel Jacobowitz
> "
> 
> Has there been much discussion of rewriting *logins in perl?  If so, is 
> the main hurdle you see porting the -s functionality?

spot on.  rewriting it in _something_ else, yes.  and, yes, the -s option
is the primary concern.