Re: Perl quiz for beginners

Too bad your method for determining the version of Perl doesn't work well in all environments.

[174] perl -e "print $];"
Illegal variable name.
[175] echo $SHELL
/usr/bin/tcsh
[176] bash
bash-3.00$ perl -e "print $];"
5.008005
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Re^2: Perl quiz for beginners by Tux (Canon) on Sep 09, 2011 at 14:55 UTC
That is because he is using Windows. On windows the quotes are `"`. On all other (sane) systems, the non-interpoliting quotes are `'`, which is what renders any quiz that involves quotation useless if it is to span Windows and any-other-OS. FWIW I didn't even start the quiz as it took way too long loading and when loaded (don't remember if I waited for a full load) requires cookies/scripting Enjoy, Have FUN! H.Merijn	[reply] [d/l] [select]

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Re^2: Perl quiz for beginners
by Tux (Canon) on Sep 09, 2011 at 14:55 UTC

That is because he is using Windows. On windows the quotes are ". On all other (sane) systems, the non-interpoliting quotes are ', which is what renders any quiz that involves quotation useless if it is to span Windows and any-other-OS.

FWIW I didn't even start the quiz as it took way too long loading and when loaded (don't remember if I waited for a full load) requires cookies/scripting

Enjoy, Have FUN! H.Merijn

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