Re: Perl for RISC OS 4?

On Mon, Oct 09, 2000 at 11:22:56PM +0100, Steve Fryatt wrote:
> I'm afraid I have the same problems as Vincent: random freezes that require
> the machine to be reset.  IIRC it was always scripts that had been run at
> least once since the last boot.
> 
> Sorry I don't have any more details; I just ignored the problem, assuming
> that it was some strange conflict on my system (which it still could be).

Vincent mentioned rafs. Are you (Steve) using rafs?

Generally (Vincent, Steve):
Is there anything in common with scripts that freeze?
(ie do they call system(), use ``, open "|" etc to run child programs)

This will be remote guessing, as I don't have RISC OS 4, and I'm very
unlikely to buy it.

Nicholas Clark