Re^2: Empty perl *.bs files

Aaah! So that's what bs stands for!

I gotta say, given that

They are always(*) empty.

*I just grepped my very mature 5.8.6 perl subtree and found 935 *.bs files which are all empty:

               1 File(s)              0 bytes
               1 File(s)              0 bytes
               1 File(s)              0 bytes
             935 File(s)              0 bytes
               0 Dir(s)  14,929,285,120 bytes free

C:\test>dir /s \perl\*.bs | find "bytes" | wc -l
    937
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That there is an entire subtree 2, 3 even 4 levels deep that exists only to support the existance of this empty file (and sometimes and equally useless empty .exists file!).

That was not the definition of BS I've had in mind for the last few years.

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^3: Empty perl *.bs files by ikegami (Patriarch) on Dec 08, 2008 at 17:12 UTC
That was not the definition of BS I've had in mind for the last few years. That whole directory tree is just full of BS...	[reply]