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Re: [MacPerl] Eval



aeden@www.hurricane.miami.edu stuns us with a
>Quick question:
>
>Will 'eval' ever be available in MacPerl?

What makes you think it *isn't* available?

If you meant "exec", the answer is "no". Lacking a fork(), I see no point in
exec. If you want to start another program, you can use
Mac::Processes::LaunchApplication.

Matthias

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  darken the spirit and to confine man in the bonds of hell."-- St. Augustine