James,
Your analysis is quite interesting indeed. I am not sure, however, that all
of the offending posts always have the string "RTFM". Actually I would
propose that most of them don't.
There is an element that you did not mention, though. This is the element of
human nature. It is human nature
No matter what I do, I cannot get the non blocking
waitfor to not block. NT4p6 perl 5.6.0 bld 623.
Does it work in NT.
(Parent has a telnet session open and is monitoring the
applictions communications with the telnet server. When
the application is done, waitpid unblocks and net::telen
Note: Because this message discusses the content of two different Perl
mailing lists, it is being posted to each. Apologies in advance for any
cross-posts.
In his recent article on www.perl.com., "Turning the Tide on Perl's Attitude
Toward Beginners" (http://www.perl.com/pub/2001/05/29/tides.ht
