Re^2: Binary Reading Questions

Why do you recommend binmode over :raw?

Examine what is said, not who speaks -- Silence betokens consent -- Love the truth but pardon error.

Lingua non convalesco, consenesco et abolesco. -- Rule 1 has a caveat! -- Who broke the cabal?

"Science is about questioning the status quo. Questioning authority".

The "good enough" maybe good enough for the now, and perfection maybe unobtainable, but that should not preclude us from striving for perfection, when time, circumstance or desire allow.

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Re^3: Binary Reading Questions by Corion (Patriarch) on Jun 30, 2005 at 14:40 UTC
I'm not too familiar with the PerlIO stuff, but it sure isn't in Perl 5.5.3 (but `open my $fh` isn't either), and I'm not sure if it is in Perl5.6.1. In any case it is necessary that the Perl is built with the slower PerlIO layer and I suspect weird distros like RedHat to build a Perl without it.	[reply]