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Re: Perl as interactive Shell?by Anonymous Monk |
on May 12, 2017 at 17:37 UTC ( [id://1190140]=note: print w/replies, xml ) | Need Help?? |
The only reason Perl can be a replacement at all for the shell is because it can fork and exec. What it cannot replace is the shell's natural ability to communicate with itself. Rather than trying to solve all your problems with one tool, use the right tool for the task at hand.
Another way of looking at it is shell programming works on one level, and dynamic languages work on completely different level.
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