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Date: | Thu, 1 Mar 2001 10:50:36 +0200 (IST) |
From: | Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il> |
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To: | Daniel Barker <sokal AT holyrood DOT ed DOT ac DOT uk> |
cc: | djgpp AT delorie DOT com |
Subject: | Re: Penalty for immature language (PERL/BASH) |
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On Wed, 28 Feb 2001, Daniel Barker wrote: > At the BASH prompt, I launch the following PERL script, prog.pl: > > while(<>) > { > `$_` > } > > If I give this a single line consisting of the word "poo", BASH performs > an illegal instruction. Could you please describe, for the Perl-illiterate such as myself, what does this loop do, in the terms of its interaction with the OS? Looking into this problem involves the DJGPP library as well as Perl-specific knowledge; I lack the second part to try to think about the possible reasons.
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