Foo JH wrote: > One thing I like about Perl is that you don't have to use the > forward-slash '\' just because you're writing for the Windows platform.
A) '\' is the backslash; '/' is the forward slash. B) Actually, '/' works in all languages, and always has. It's just the Command Prompt that won't accept it, for compatibility with pre-1983 versions of MS-DOS. (I swear I'm not joking!) -- John W. Kennedy "Sweet, was Christ crucified to create this chat?" -- Charles Williams. "Judgement at Chelmsford" _______________________________________________ ActivePerl mailing list ActivePerl@listserv.ActiveState.com To unsubscribe: http://listserv.ActiveState.com/mailman/mysubs
