Re^2: source the license and run the program in perl

Ok, now you have my curiosity piqued. I can imagine what job a chainsaw is good at, and what tools are needed for dental work or painting your walls. What I can't figure out is what job, precisely, a hedgehog is the right tool for.

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Re^3: source the license and run the program in perl by Fletch (Bishop) on May 17, 2007 at 19:38 UTC
Awww, come on guys, it's so simple. Maybe you need a refresher course. Hey! It's all ~~ball bearings~~hedgehogs nowadays. Now you prepare that Fetzer valve with some 3-in-1 oil and some gauze pads. And I'm gonna need 'bout ten quarts of anti-freeze, preferably Prestone. No, no make that Quaker State. cough Ehrm . . . ah, yes; an explanation. Directly manipulating your parent process' environment is one of those "so bad it's not even wrong" things under the POSIX paradigm; similarly attempting to paint something with a small, spine-covered mammal . . . Update: Yeah, weak. I've got nothing . . . Oh look, defenseless babies!	[reply]

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Re^3: source the license and run the program in perl
by Fletch (Bishop) on May 17, 2007 at 19:38 UTC

Awww, come on guys, it's so simple. Maybe you need a refresher course. Hey! It's all ~~ball bearings~~hedgehogs nowadays. Now you prepare that Fetzer valve with some 3-in-1 oil and some gauze pads. And I'm gonna need 'bout ten quarts of anti-freeze, preferably Prestone. No, no make that Quaker State.

*cough* Ehrm . . . ah, yes; an explanation.

Directly manipulating your parent process' environment is one of those "so bad it's not even wrong" things under the POSIX paradigm; similarly attempting to paint something with a small, spine-covered mammal . . .

Update: Yeah, weak. I've got nothing . . . Oh look, defenseless babies!

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