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Date:	Sun, 25 Apr 1999 13:32:58 PST8PDT
From:	Peter Skye <pskye@peterskye.com >
Reply-To:	scoug-programming@scoug.com
To:	scoug-programming@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Programming: Any PERL...

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> Peter Skye said:
> >> > ... You _did_ notice that the slashes (above) are
> >> > forward, not backward, yes? EMX doesn't care, but
> >> > OS/2 does. :)

Steven Levine wrote:
>
> EMX is supposed to be insensitive to which slash you use,
> but I've found this not to always be true. Forward
> slashes are safer.

Yahh! Safer 'cause a year from now when you've totally forgotten the
project, you can tell which SETs are for EMX. :)

> >-- Is this the Hobbes "PERL" posted Jan99? I
> >downloaded it yesterday and unzipped it, but the
> >documentation files weren't quickly obvious so I didn't
> >go further. I'll dump the whole directory if this
> >_isn't_ what you're using. :)
>
> What version does it claim to be?

Claims it's http://www.perl.com/ (go there, see "Get the latest version"
in the sidebar, follow that through "Other ports" and you end up with a
November 1998 release at ftp://ftp.ou.edu/mirrors/CPAN/ports/os2/ -- I
think Hobbes is these files, back a generation or two).

The perl.inf file says it's 5.00455 from 1997. Most of the file dates
are November 1997.

> >-- Is this a port? (The docs may not have been fully
> >"ported".) If so, is it running on EMX?
>
> The doc's should be "fully" ported (i.e. .INF versions
> exist). But remember, this is unix. Tutorials and
> batteries are not included.

Ha! Wait 'til 500,000 Linux fans figure that out! :))

> >-- Is PERL5.EXE the interpreter that you run to execute
> >your PERL script?
>
> You can do it that way or tell the shell that .pl is an
> executable extension or use EXTPROC.

Got it, thanks.

> >I've always wanted to learn PERL so this is intriguing.
> >As Indiana Jones' buddy said, "you go first". :))
>
> A web dude like you should already know Perl and Python .

Ah'll sic mah Duck on you.

- Peter :)

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