>>>>> "Bob" == Bob X <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Bob> So, by your comment, I can take it to mean that the book can now Bob> cover both *nix and Windows and that you have either told the Bob> Windows people to use .pl or .plx correct? Yes, I seem to recall that is what we did. We spent a lot of work making sure that Learning Perl, 3rd edition, was Windows compatible, although still being biased toward Unix. The intent was to make the Gecko obsolete. Bob> I look at many books on "learning" Perl and I see naming Bob> conventions with either a *.pl or *.plx and so as a beginner this Bob> is what I do. Most Learn-Perl-in-$x-time books were written for Winders users, or the people writing them apparently weren't familiar with the Unix (and hence Perl) conventions. Bob> If it isn't supposed to be that way it shouldn't Bob> come out in print that way. I personally like the fact that I can Bob> look at an extension and know what type of file it is (unless Bob> subterfuge is involved). I don't mind it for source files, but having to type "foo.pl" to run the "foo" command strikes me as excessive user hostility. -- Randal L. Schwartz - Stonehenge Consulting Services, Inc. - +1 503 777 0095 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <URL:http://www.stonehenge.com/merlyn/> Perl/Unix/security consulting, Technical writing, Comedy, etc. etc. See PerlTraining.Stonehenge.com for onsite and open-enrollment Perl training! -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
