Re: [MacPerl] The Perl Usage Survey Continues...

[Roger Espinosa <roger@umich.edu>]

At 8:16 AM -0500 12/3/98, Chris Nandor wrote:
>
> Anyway, I would have no qualms recommending perl for use on Windows,
> provided the person had to use Windows, and if doing command line work the
> person got a proper shell to use instead of the standard DOS shell.
>

True, but some of the issues raised in this thread can be "fixed" by
adjusting the DOS box preferences -- e.g. you can make it larger than
80x24, and have scrolling, and command-line history...

...nothing like a true Unix shell, and none of those compare (IMHO) to MPW :-)

Roger



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