Re: perl
On Wed, 21 Aug 1996, Todd Tyrone Fries wrote:
> why does the perl package depend on csh?
Perl uses 'csh' for filename globbing (that is, for <*.*> sort of
constructs.) Yes, that's strange behavior, and the dependency probably
will eventually be removed, but not anytime soon.
Andy Dougherty doughera@lafcol.lafayette.edu
Dept. of Physics
Lafayette College, Easton PA 18042
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