I'm not sure how you draw that conclusion.

  1. system is not exec; nor vice versa.

    It is perfectly feasible and simple to invoke a command via system without going through the shell:

    [0] Perl> system q[perl -wE" say for @ARGV; <STDIN>" 1 2 "1 2" "1 \"2\
+" 3"];;
1
2
1 2
1 "2" 3

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  2. That thread is very muddled.

    The conclusions drawn do not appear to match up with the code executed.

As for Win32::ShellQuote; I've never found a need for it. I use the scalar form of system & open; quote as I would in the shell, and it just works. The problem with the list form is it does stuff to what you pass; but what it does is undocumented; thus you're always fighting 'intelligence' that isn't very.

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