>
> >>> >> 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
And the "exit" should be redundant in that case.
On Mon, Sep 3, 2018 at 1:29 PM Parrot Raiser <1parr...@gmail.com> wrote:
> But this:
>
> perl6 -e 'shell("vim sample"); exit'
>
> behaves acceptably.
>
> On 9/3/18, Parrot Raiser <1parr...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Is Windows really that brain-dead?
But this:
perl6 -e 'shell("vim sample"); exit'
behaves acceptably.
On 9/3/18, Parrot Raiser <1parr...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Is Windows really that brain-dead? Pity it has to sabotage everyone else.
>
> This invokes vim successfully, but leaves an ugly error message around:
>
> perl6 -e 'exit
fork/exec is a Unix-specific idiom.
shell throws (well, produces a Failure that is thrown when sunk), so you
don't need the exit.
On Mon, Sep 3, 2018 at 1:10 PM Parrot Raiser <1parr...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Is Windows really that brain-dead? Pity it has to sabotage everyone else.
>
> This invokes
Is Windows really that brain-dead? Pity it has to sabotage everyone else.
This invokes vim successfully, but leaves an ugly error message around:
perl6 -e 'exit shell("vim sample")'
No such method 'Int' for invocant of type 'Proc'
in block at -e line 1
On 9/3/18, Brandon Allbery wrote:
>
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
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 wrote:
> https://docs.perl6.org/language/5to6-perlfunc#exec
>
>> On 3 Sep 2018, at 18:41,
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
