RE: Newbie question: Efficient code

2001-06-20 Thread Cornish, Merrill
r be able to see the difference. Choose the backticks if you want to capture STDOUT easily. Merrill -Original Message- From: Varun Seth [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, June 20, 2001 4:57 PM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: Newbie question: Efficient code Hello, I am new to

Newbie question: Efficient code

2001-06-20 Thread Varun Seth
Hello, I am new to Perl and am converting a batch file written to do a bunch of things with Oracle to Perl. The way I am converting it to Perl is to make bunch of system calls and wondering if I can make it more efficient 'cause each call to system would be expensive in terms of resources etc. He