From owner-freebsd-newbies Thu Jan 27 2:30:36 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from rhubarb.fwi.com (rhubarb.fwi.com [209.84.175.126]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 444C014D94 for ; Thu, 27 Jan 2000 02:30:34 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from peeter@rhubarb.fwi.com) Received: (from peeter@localhost) by rhubarb.fwi.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) id FAA11453; Thu, 27 Jan 2000 05:36:25 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from peeter) Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2000 05:36:25 -0500 From: Peeter Pirn To: John Michelini Cc: freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Using Perl Message-ID: <20000127053625.A11437@rhubarb.fwi.com> References: <388CF63F.143E972@ibm.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.95.4i In-Reply-To: <388CF63F.143E972@ibm.net>; from John Michelini on Mon, Jan 24, 2000 at 05:02:55PM -0800 Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Perl is largely platform-independent, but there are OS-specific functions (like system()). If you steer clear of OS-specific functions, you will have a portable script. On Mon, Jan 24, 2000 at 05:02:55PM -0800, John Michelini wrote: > I am curious about the portability of Perl from platform to platform > (and/or browser to browser). If I wrote a Perl script for Windows98 and > I wanted to write a version for MacOSX, what would I have to do to > change the script and make it compatible. > > Just some thoughts I had... > > John M. > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message -- Peeter Pirn - peeter@rhubarb.fwi.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message