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Re: Optimization request
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Paul D. Smith |
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Re: Optimization request |
Date: |
Fri, 5 Apr 2002 08:17:51 -0500 |
%% Daniel Pfeiffer <address@hidden> writes:
dp> Since even on Unix these calls don't come for free either, I'd
dp> like to suggest that you take up the concept of Perl's system
dp> function. That scans the string passed for shell meta-characters
dp> and, if none are found, splits it up on whitespace and executes
dp> the command itself.
GNU make already does this...
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