Re: Unix shell versus Perl


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by DrHyde (Prior)

on Feb 19, 2008 at 10:31 UTC ( #668768=note: print w/ replies, xml )

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Writing portable perl scripts is hard too.

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Re^2: Unix shell versus Perl by amarquis (Curate) on Feb 19, 2008 at 15:18 UTC
Portable anything is difficult, the question is how difficult. If you give me the option of porting a shell script and a Perl script to a win32 environment, I'll take Perl. It's still not a fun job, but at least it isn't a painful job.	[reply]