sebb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 08/15/2005 08:34:31 PM:
> > > Would it not be better to fix the VMS Perl open() call so it works the > > > same as on other OSes? > > I meant for READ access only here. The performance impact of altering perl's open() to use the CRTL shr would be significant. Ordinary perl usage would slow to a crawl. Folks who want shr can load and use VMS::Stdio::vmsopen() and pay the performance penalty. Peter Prymmer