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From: rbj@uunet.UU.NET (Root Boy Jim)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.perl
Subject: Re: While learning PERL... a suggestion
Keywords: perl file learn suggest
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Date: 21 Jan 91 21:25:20 GMT
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In article <1991Jan21.092204.11944@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> phil@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (Phil Howard KA9WGN) writes:
>I don't see why perl has to have EVERYTHING that is in C.

Simply because I'm tired of writing in C. Too low level.

	grep(print("why use $_ when you can use perl?\n"),
		("sed","awk","sh","C"));

Another thing perl needs is the ability to create lock files. Sysopen?

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	Root Boy Jim Cottrell <rbj@uunet.uu.net>
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