Re: [MacPerl] CPAN for MacPerl, anyone?

[Brian McNett <brianmc@telebyte.net>]

>A greater problem might be that '.cpan' is hardwired in several places.
>I've been told that names starting with . on Mac OS are bad, but I forget
>why.  I can say that I don't recall ever running into any problems with .
>files.

Used by low level drivers.  Used to be that files that began with "." 
were loaded as desk accessories and such, many many moons ago.  I'm sure 
there's mention of it in IM, but I don't have a copy handy.

--Brian

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