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Re: [MacPerl] availability of output in remote control mode

John_Peterson@byu.edu writes:
>How does one become aware that output is available from a 
>remote-controlled MacPerl script.  Do you really just have to keep 
>polling?

Yes, there currently is no mechanism to "push" data from Perl other than
reading or the end of the script.

>The SASE and WANT parameters are for input, is there anything 
>analogous for output?

No, but I'm willing to listen to reasonable suggestions that would demonstrate
the practicality and usefulness of such a mechanism.

Matthias

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