On Sun, Dec 7, 2008 at 7:52 PM, Gabor Szabo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> When calling out to perl doing system "perl ..." is incorrect first of > all because the current perl might not be the one in PATH. > > It is better to use $^X or to use Probe::Perl > Generally, I think that $^X is safe, but on some older Perls or on some oddball systems, Probe::Perl may be more reliable. I keep using Probe::Perl in part because if it ever turns out that either one is broken somewhere, Probe::Perl can be fixed and $^X for a given Perl version 5.X.Y can't be. -- David
