I'm sure that you've been told this before, but using such an old version of Perl with no CPAN modules is just madness. Why deliberately cripple yourself like that? You (and other programmers you work with) will reap major benefits if you spend some time getting that policy changed.

Or, if that's really not an option then I seriously suggest you start looking for a new client or a new job (as appropriate)!

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<http://www.dave.org.uk>

"The first rule of Perl club is you do not talk about Perl club."
-- Chip Salzenberg

In reply to Re: Perl 5.004_04 IPC: Passing data structures between processes by davorg
in thread Perl 5.004_04 IPC: Passing data structures between processes by Tanalis

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