On Fri, 4 May 2001 newsreader@mediaone.net wrote:
> On Fri, May 04, 2001 at 12:48:24PM -0400, Joel Burton wrote:
> >
> > What is the system call? Could you do this in pl/tclu, the
> > untrusted version of pl/tcl?
> >
>
> I don't know anything about pl/tcl and all
> that stuff. I will take a look later. But
> because I'm pressed for time I will go
> with my existing stuff
If you've never used TCL, you're gonna hate it, I fear.
(Apologies to the tcl fans, but it's synax can be rather
weird to people weaned on perl, IMHO)
Hopefully, one day, pl/perl will be a full PL, with support
for much more stuff. pl/python, in beta, has these features,
so perhaps pl/perl, out of competition or spite, will pull ahead.
:-)
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Joel Burton <jburton@scw.org>
Director of Information Systems, Support Center of Washington