--- Gunnar Hjalmarsson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Bill Jones wrote: > > The third way - `` (back-ticks) is highly discouraged. > > Discouraged? Why? I thought that was depending on what exactly it is > you want to do, e.g. whether you want to capture the output from the > script you run.
Well, it is definitely a matter of taste, true. There are cleaner ways to "capture" the external program's output. Personally I have seen, in my short time programming in Perl, that some versions of Perl have at times executed `` (back-ticks) as if they were contained inside a BEGIN block -- that is prior to executing my code in correct sequence. Don't misundertsnad me, I have used back-ticks a lot. I just feel there are better (read: clearer) ways to start an external program from Perl. :) -Sx- ===== -Sx- seeking employment: http://youve-reached-the.endoftheinternet.org/ __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Address AutoComplete - You start. We finish. http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>
