I've about reached the opinion that using Perl under Win98
is a lost cause. When I try do relatively simple tasks, my
computer freezes. For example, the following script:
use strict;
my @dmap = `map`;
my $mapsize = scalar @dmap;
foreach my $line (@dmap) {
print $line;
}
print "Number of lines in \@dmap: $mapsize\n\n";
It gives me the this message after about 10 seconds:
This program has performed an illegal operation
and will be terminated. Quit all programs, and then restart
your computer.
If the program consistently encounters
problems, click the Start button, then select Help,
Troubleshooting, and 'If you have trouble running MS-DOS
programs'.
Could someone please try this under Win NT/2000 and tell me
if it works or not? If a command runs at the DOS prompt, I
expect it to run when shelled from Perl. Is this asking
too much? BTW, I'm using Active State Perl 5.6.1
(MSWin32-x86-multi-thread).
I love Perl under Unix, but under Win98 it really stinks!
@a=split??,'just lose the ego and get involved!';
for(split??,'afqtw{|~'){print $a[ord($_)-97]}
-
Are you posting in the right place? Check out Where do I post X? to know for sure.
-
Posts may use any of the Perl Monks Approved HTML tags. Currently these include the following:
<code> <a> <b> <big>
<blockquote> <br /> <dd>
<dl> <dt> <em> <font>
<h1> <h2> <h3> <h4>
<h5> <h6> <hr /> <i>
<li> <nbsp> <ol> <p>
<small> <strike> <strong>
<sub> <sup> <table>
<td> <th> <tr> <tt>
<u> <ul>
-
Snippets of code should be wrapped in
<code> tags not
<pre> tags. In fact, <pre>
tags should generally be avoided. If they must
be used, extreme care should be
taken to ensure that their contents do not
have long lines (<70 chars), in order to prevent
horizontal scrolling (and possible janitor
intervention).
-
Want more info? How to link
or How to display code and escape characters
are good places to start.
|