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You really find $? >> 8 so hard to type? Or understand?

Yes, its cryptic crap, its not an API

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Re^4: accessing an environment variable dynamically
by BrowserUk (Patriarch) on Jan 02, 2013 at 08:21 UTC
    its not an API

    No. It is a fundamental computer operation.

    Anyone who finds it difficult to understand should not be a programmer.

    Would you use a lawyer who didn't understand tort or habeas corpus?

    Or an accountant who didn't understand double entry?

    Or a doctor who didn't know about the lymphatic system?


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    Examine what is said, not who speaks -- Silence betokens consent -- Love the truth but pardon error.
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    In the absence of evidence, opinion is indistinguishable from prejudice.

      No. It is a fundamental computer operation...

      Potato, potato, potato.

      You're content with  $? >> 8, well bully for you, System::Command uses it also, because I don't want to, I'm not a bash programmer, I don't want to do things the bash way, anymore than I want to sharpen my own knives

        I want to sharpen my own knives

        You equate deploying an entire module in order to avoid using a shift operation, with "sharpening your own knives".

        More like you want to use disposable plastic spoons.


        With the rise and rise of 'Social' network sites: 'Computers are making people easier to use everyday'
        Examine what is said, not who speaks -- Silence betokens consent -- Love the truth but pardon error.
        "Science is about questioning the status quo. Questioning authority".
        In the absence of evidence, opinion is indistinguishable from prejudice.