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Date:      Thu, 27 Jan 2000 05:36:25 -0500
From:      Peeter Pirn <peeter@rhubarb.fwi.com>
To:        John Michelini <mick3@ibm.net>
Cc:        freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Using Perl
Message-ID:  <20000127053625.A11437@rhubarb.fwi.com>
In-Reply-To: <388CF63F.143E972@ibm.net>; from John Michelini on Mon, Jan 24, 2000 at 05:02:55PM -0800
References:  <388CF63F.143E972@ibm.net>

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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.
> 
> 
> 
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