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 <[email protected]> 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 <[email protected]> wrote: > > https://docs.perl6.org/language/5to6-perlfunc#exec > > > >> On 3 Sep 2018, at 18:41, Parrot Raiser <[email protected]> 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 [email protected]
