Call me an old fuddy duddy if you will, or Unix-centric if you must, but
the .pl extension historically refers to Perl Libraries, and even now
that is my first thought when I see it.
Now I realise that many people working on this project have rarely, if
ever, used Perl 4 or earlier versions, and I also realise that many
people now use the .pl extension to refer to executable Perl scripts,
but I still wonder whether we shouldn't change the .pl extension.
If an extension is required, the recommended extension is .plx, but I
question whether an extension is necessary at all.
I don't really want to start a discussion about file associations, or
the adequacy or otherwise of any operating system, I am merely
suggesting that the .pl extension be removed or replaced.
A counter argument might be that Perl 6 is seven or more years
subsequent to Perl 4 and it's about time we reused that extension.
Maybe that's one for the language bods.
Other random points:
- the .pl files are Perl 5
- but some time they could be Perl 6
- the .plx extension isn't prominent in the Perl 5 documentation
- a patch is probably not useful ;-)
Anyway, just a suggestion before we get too many .pl files.
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Paul Johnson - [EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.pjcj.net
