It's not basic: Windows doesn't have it at all, it has to be simulated. The intent is that system dependent things like that should be external to the core.
On Mon, Sep 3, 2018 at 12:56 PM Parrot Raiser <1parr...@gmail.com> wrote: > Thanks for the reply. That didn't show up with any search string I > could contrive. > It's disappointing to lose a basic ability like handing over control > to another program. > > On 9/3/18, Elizabeth Mattijsen <l...@dijkmat.nl> wrote: > > https://docs.perl6.org/language/5to6-perlfunc#exec > > > >> On 3 Sep 2018, at 18:41, Parrot Raiser <1parr...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> > >> In Perl 5, a program can hand over control to another with exec: > >> https://perldoc.perl.org/functions/exec.html > >> e.g perl -e 'exec vim' opens up vim > >> > >> What's the Perl 6 equivalent? > > > -- brandon s allbery kf8nh allber...@gmail.com
