On 1/21/99 at 7:18 PM, gmichel@siteriggers.com (george michel) wrote: > So if the window isn't open and you write to STDOUT does the > data stream go to a buffer and then when finished gets > displayed? If the window is open when the program begins it > writes line by line to STDOUT? Or is something else going on? This is remarkably easy to test. #!perl #close the output window for (1 .. 100) { print STDOUT "hello, cruel world\n"; } The output window pops open to display the text to write the first one, and then writes the rest. -nat ***** Want to unsubscribe from this list? ***** Send mail with body "unsubscribe" to mac-perl-request@iis.ee.ethz.ch