On Sun, Aug 27, 2006 at 09:14:12AM -0700, Randal L. Schwartz wrote:
> >>>>> "Woodchuck" == Woodchuck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> Woodchuck> Perl has obviated the need for some sort of interactive interpreted
> Woodchuck> system language. Bash has some new and expanded features, but not
> Woodchuck> enough to make its use compelling.
>
> Since discovering Perl, the longest thing I ever write in any shell
> script is .profile, and that's annoying enough, and making me wish
> I could just cut the cord and use Perl as my login shell.
I'm almost certain you can. It still isn't a good thing to use for root,
for obvious reasons (and a statically linked perl is a little too big).
Joachim
