Alexey Trofimenko writes: > But we have no need in qx either. Why to introduce (or REintroduce) > something if we have something similar already? > > $captured = system :capture q/cmd../;
Or even calling the function C<run>, as per Larry's April mail that Luke referenced. > I haven't that long unix background, and spawning processes is a very > *fat* operation for me.. maybe after year or two I'll change my point > of view, but for now I would be pretty happy with a 'slurp' variant. > IMHO, spawning processes has nothing to do with other quoters, and > perl already went far away from shells. I've got a sufficient Unix background that I find it awkward to use Windows, and I completely agree with you. Also, there are many instances of people using backticks or C<qx> when what they meant was C<system>. Smylers