Re: [MacPerl] Running two (or more?) copies of MacPerl

[online@mactech.com (Jeff at MacTech)]

In article <mac-perl.l03130301b262e954c9aa@[216.65.146.26]>, PwrSurge
<tjudd@pacifier.com> wrote:

>How come when I duplicate applications (StuffIt Expander or the like) the
>Finder will always launch StuffIt Expander copy FIRST?
>
>I've just paraphrased it when I replied.  The Finder will launch the
>"newest" file, be it different version or written to disk later than the
>original

Since they are identical, perhaps it just picks one (and the same one on
each lauch, because computers tend to be deterministic like this). Maybe
there is a 50-50 chance it will pick the "new" one, and that's what it did
in your case.

Or, maybe it pick's the latest entry in the Desktop database. (Actually,
this sounds familiar--that the Finder tends to use the version last
installed, regardless of creation or modification date.)

Just a thought.
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