Re: [MacPerl] How to call a compiled C++ program

[Chris Nandor <pudge@pobox.com>]

At 21.46 -0400 1999.04.22, Paul J. Schinder wrote:
>At 9:19 PM -0400 4/22/99, bobbys wrote:
>
>} >
>} > MacPerl itself cannot do this.
>}
>}
>} Okay, that's what I figured :-(
>}
>} I am not familiar with MPW, and I don't have the time this week to play
>}with it
>} enough.
>}
>} As far as MacPerl itself not being able to do this, is there a way for
>}Perl on a
>} UNIX box (ie, MacOS X Server) to do so? If so, what would I need to do
>to set
>} the Perl script to the result of the c++ app? Apologies if this is now
>}straying
>} to far away from this specific list.... I'd appreciate any advice
>}(offline may
>} be called for).
>
>Yeah, sure.  Depending on what you want exactly, any of system(), exec(),
>open("c++prog |"), Open2, Open3, can do what you seem to want.  Choose the
>one that best suits your needs.

I just noticed that I misread the original post.  Sigh.  I think I need
more sleep.  I read it as "how to compile a c++ app", not "how to call a
compiled c++ app".

If you just want to launch any Mac OS app, try the Mac::Apps::Launch module
on CPAN, or use the Mac::Processes module directly.

Going back to bed,

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