Date: 1 Oct 2001 22:31:28 GMT
From: abigail@foad.org (Abigail)
Subject: Re: Perl semaphore IPC package real world stability
Message-Id: <slrn9rhrj9.5qh.abigail@alexandra.xs4all.nl>

Dr. Laurence Leff (mflll@wiu.edu) wrote on MMCMLII September MCMXCIII in
<URL:news:9p7nvt$jmg$1@ecom1.wiu.edu>:
][ Now, our department teaches UNIX including such features as semaphores, 
][ sockets, and shared memory using the C language.
][ 
][ There is a suggestion to teach semaphores, sockets, binary file manipulation,
][ etc. using the Perl packages.  We already teach Perl in our Unix class.  
][ This would allow us to make the UNIX programming material accessible to 
][ those who have not taken our courses on C programming.   
][ 
][ My question for this group is whether this Perl functionality is real-world
][ stable.  Is anyone using Perl instead of C programming in the "real world" 
][ that involves these kinds of tasks.


Perl only provides a thin layer over the system calls/standard libraries
when it comes to semaphores, sockets and file manipulations.

The functionality provided by Perl is as stable as you get when coding C.



Abigail
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