Re^4: accessing an environment variable dynamically

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?

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.

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Re^5: accessing an environment variable dynamically by Anonymous Monk on Jan 03, 2013 at 08:12 UTC
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	[reply] [d/l]
Re^6: accessing an environment variable dynamically by BrowserUk (Patriarch) on Jan 03, 2013 at 08:28 UTC
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.	[reply]
Re^7: accessing an environment variable dynamically by Anonymous Monk on Jan 03, 2013 at 08:52 UTC
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. Bit shifting allergy, its why I program perl, not allergic to Spoons at all	[reply]