On 3/26/06, Mark Overmeer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > LIST = chmod MODE, LIST > > My feeling is that this function design is a bit of a mistake. Usually, > one perl function maps on one operating-system function, but in this case > it doesn't: it simulated the common chmod(1) user command.
[...] > Of course, besides that you may implement a version which accepts a list, > but that is certainly not needed except for perl5 compatibility... If we look at Perl just as a high-level language than you might be right, and I really liked the object being returned idea, but I think Perl should also keep serving the system administrators with much simpler needs. Perl was quite a good replacement to shell scripting but there are several places where writing shell commands is sill much simpler. It would be nice if the this end of the programming spectrum - writing one liners and small scripts - would be also further strengthened. Gabor
