On Apr 9, Ahmed Moustafa said: >John W. Krahn wrote: >> Ahmed Moustafa wrote: >> >>>Jeff, thanks a lot for your explanation. I really appreciate it. >>> >>>Jeff 'Japhy' Pinyan wrote: >>> >>>>Please use File::Basename. Save us all the headache. >>>> >>>I was thinking that avoiding modules would make the code more portable. >>>Am I right? >>> >> >> No, _using_ modules would make the code more portable. > >How, please? Using a module requires this module to be installed, >doesn't it?
If the module is standard, there's no hassle. If the module is not standard, bundle YOUR program WITH the module. Provide the user all the modules you used. -- Jeff "japhy" Pinyan [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pobox.com/~japhy/ RPI Acacia brother #734 http://www.perlmonks.org/ http://www.cpan.org/ ** Look for "Regular Expressions in Perl" published by Manning, in 2002 ** <stu> what does y/// stand for? <tenderpuss> why, yansliterate of course. [ I'm looking for programming work. If you like my work, let me know. ] -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
