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:::::::: It really doesn't make a difference. Now Perl code uses modules to do the decompression, which uses libbz2 just like bunzip2 program, and ''I'' ended up doing exactly the same amount of work. I don't see how this better fits the spirit of the task, not to mention that Perl is a glue language, and calling system commands is its thing anyway. --[[User:Ledrug|Ledrug]] 05:04, 31 August 2011 (UTC)
::::::::: Computational work, sure. It's the illustration of the process that I find interesting. --[[User:Short Circuit|Michael Mol]] 13:50, 31 August 2011 (UTC)
::::::(deindent) Well, that's what I was saying: using a module you didn't write to do the decompression doesn't illustrate anything more than calling a shell command does, since the dirty work is hidden from view anyway. Once you decide to use deflate or bzip2, all you know is the uuencoded string will become some incomprehensible binary hodgepodge that a library somewhere will decode for you, I really don't see a difference whether the lib is invoked by Module::Inflate or /bin/unzip. --[[User:Ledrug|Ledrug]] 15:49, 31 August 2011 (UTC)
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