On Fri, May 14, 2004 at 01:02:17PM +0800, Andy Sy wrote: > >I have extensive experience with Linux, Solaris, SunOS (anybody remember > >that?) BSD and IRIX. And the similarities far outweigh the differences. > > Sure, the 'similarities far outweigh the differences', especially > usage-wise. But to me the phrase "a unix is a unix is a unix" connotes > something like 99% identical, which I would not say is the case, especially > if you are aware of what lies under the hood or if you are doing > programming.
So use Perl. Seriously, most of the down-and-dirty CPAN modules are good enough to hide the differences not only between Unices, but also over into the Windows world. Michael -- Michael Darrin Chaney [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.michaelchaney.com/ -- Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List [EMAIL PROTECTED] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) Official Website: http://plug.linux.org.ph Searchable Archives: http://marc.free.net.ph . To leave, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/plug . Are you a Linux newbie? To join the newbie list, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/ph-linux-newbie
