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From: brnstnd@kramden.acf.nyu.edu (Dan Bernstein)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.perl
Subject: Re: Best of both worlds?
Message-ID: <23452:Oct1822:00:4990@kramden.acf.nyu.edu>
Date: 18 Oct 90 22:00:49 GMT
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In article <8b7GHJu00Vp6M3kosR@andrew.cmu.edu> rm55+@andrew.cmu.edu (Rudolph T. Maceyko) writes:
> Is it possible to make the same PERL script work on two machines that
> keep PERL in different places without having to manually include perl
> before each command execution?

No. You could try assuming that all (and I mean all) executables are
accessible through /inst/bin, and setting up your machine accordingly.
This will at least prepare you for a forthcoming package management
system that makes the assumption come true.

---Dan