Dave Thomas <Dave / PragmaticProgrammer.com> writes:

> While we're talking about IO, what do you think about starting to
> deprecate the "|" form of the various IO:: and Kernel.open calls, and
> instead favoring IO::popen? The "|" forms are a definite Perl-ism.

One of the things that helped me get up to speed quickly in Ruby were all
the Perl-isms. I don't use them as much now that I know Ruby better.

My vote: keep it but document it as a Perl-ism.


Jim
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