[Catalyst] Remove .pl from scripts?

[Johan Lindström]

At 01:38 2005-11-19, Christopher H. Laco wrote:
>#2. Windows hates to run files without file extensions, They may or may
>not be an issue. Windows cones with catalyst.bat, which runs when you
>type C:> catalyst MyApp.  IF the perl script were named the same thing,
>that may not work. Windows people would be forced to always doing perl
>catalyst.pl.

As a Windows user, I'll second that objection.

Things that are marked up as scripts and installed in the system are 
converted to batch files by "nmake install" or "perl Build install". That's 
why it works to run "catalyst".

But this isn't the case when it comes to the scripts in the script 
directory. They are run with "script\myapp_create.pl ..." and as such 
Windows needs the extension to figure out its Perl. These may be installed 
and converted to bat if I would install my app, but the batch files are not 
available during development.

IIRC, the objection to .pl was a cosmetic one (and I agree on that). But 
let form follow function on this one please.


/J