On Wed, Jun 18, 2008 at 4:40 AM, Rob Dixon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Gunnar Hjalmarsson wrote:
>> Rob Dixon wrote:
>>> Gunnar Hjalmarsson wrote:
>>>> swaroop wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> As we know there are 3 ways a system shell command to be executed.
>>>>>
>>>>> 1.> $var = system("command");
>>>>> 2.> $var = exec("command");
>>>>> 3.> $var = `command`;
>>>>>
>>>>> What is difference between these three?
>>>>
>>>> You should not have asked that question here; you should have looked up
>>>> the answer in the docs.
>>>
>>> Sheesh!
>>>
>>> This is the first thing I read on perl.beginners after time away.
>>>
>>> Are you really from the Cocos Islands, Gunnar?
>>>
>>> I think you should talk to the other abusive people who like to post here
>>> and
>>> form a separate group.
>>
>> I take it that you don't agree.
>>
>> The OP wondered about two built-in functions and the backticks operator.
>> I can't think of a more natural first step to find out how they work
>> than reading about them in the Perl documentation. Do you mean that I'm
>> abusive by suggesting that people make it a habit to use the docs at
>> first hand? If that's what you mean, I think you are plain stupid.
>
> It has become popular in the last year or so to criticize people who ask
> questions on this list essentially for not already knowing the answer. If you
> have lost track of what sort of information a Perl beginner may not know then
> you should not be trying to help them. It is entirely possible that the OP had
> no knowledge of the built in documentation, or even that he had already read
> it,
> failed to understand it and was looking for a summary from people who were
> more
> familiar with the language. The pompous RTFM reply is precisely what Casey was
> trying to put a stop to when he initiated this list.
>
Hear, Hear!
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