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Re: [MacPerl] Platform checking

On Tue, 12 Mar 1996, andyk wrote:

> Is it possible to do something like this:
> 
> $cr = "\n";
> 
> if ($cr == "\x0D"){
>  $platform = "Mac"
> }else{
>  $platform = "Other"
> }
> 
> or is this just a lame idea.
> 
> Thanx... I don't have a Unix box so I cant check myself.

That's pretty ugly, though I don't know of any other machines that use CR 
for end-of-line (PLEASE, PLEASE, no more end-of-line discussions!).

Try this instead:

if ($^X eq 'MacPerl') ...

John Peterson -- University Networking Services -- Brigham Young University
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