On Wed, Jan 18, 2006 at 11:52:30AM -0800, Jon Wahlmann wrote: > > One reason would be that not all UN*Xs have perl installed by > > default, and some orgs don't let you install it just because > > it would be useful. > > Sed and awk are always there. So albeit a better tool, > > doesn't mean it is a tool you have. > > If you have shell access, install it in your home directory. > > wget http://www.cpan.org/src/stable.tar.bz2 and compile/install > > Or for prebuild binaries of an older version: > http://people.netscape.com/richm/nsPerl/nsPerl5.005_03-11-i686-linux.README.tx > t >
I hear people say these things, but am skeptical. Still the foolishness of PHBs is legendary. I work in a M$ house, and we use perl on M$. That's how ubiquitous it's become. -- Lan Barnes [EMAIL PROTECTED] Linux Guy, SCM Specialist 858-354-0616 -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
