From: Daniel Barker <sokal AT holyrood DOT ed DOT ac DOT uk>
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Subject: Re: Penalty for immature language (PERL/BASH)
Date: Sat, 3 Mar 2001 19:50:00 +0000
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On Fri, 2 Mar 2001, Rudolf Polzer wrote:

[snip]

> 1. Try entering "poo" at the DOS prompt.

Nothing found.

> 2. Click on Start, then Find, then Files/Folders and type search for
> "*poo*".

YES! There is a file called poo.pl in the same directory. It has the
following contents:

 use constant FOO => 4;
 use constant BAR => 5;

If I rename this file to something other than poo.pl, the problem goes
away.

However, there is still a mystery. Why does this harmless program, which
sets two constants and "does nothing", cause a crash when it is called
from another PERL program?

Thanks again.

-- 
Daniel Barker.