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From: tneff@bfmny0.UU.NET (Tom Neff)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.perl
Subject: Re: PERL mucks with "magic number?"
Message-ID: <15471@bfmny0.UU.NET>
Date: 9 May 90 06:15:16 GMT
References: <1990May8.220641.20501@uvaarpa.Virginia.EDU>
Reply-To: tneff@bfmny0.UU.NET (Tom Neff)
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I see people's problems, but I CAN'T BELIEVE it's not possible to
install Perl somewhere with a shorter name on sites with this kernel
limitation!  I mean, what makes Perl so special?  Any interpreter on
such a system is going to have this problem if people see fit to install
it in /some/longwinded/directory.

At all events you DO have the source, why not just comment out the part
that does it, for private use at your site?  Look at lines 245-281 in
toke.c.

[Not speaking for Larry on this at all, just MHO]