application/x-perl vs text/x-perl

[Scott Wheeler]

On Thursday 10 April 2003 16:39, Clarence Dang wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Does anyone know the difference between these 2 mimetypes?  A "Perl
> Program" is also a "Perl Source File" after all...I don't see the need for
> a distinction between the two, nor the distinction itself.
>
> And to make things worse, they have overlapping patterns:
> application/x-perl: Patterns=*.pl;*.perl;
> tex/x-perl: Patterns=*.pl;*.pm;

The key is in the last line.  .pm == Perl Module != Perl program.  A .pl is 
often also a Perl 4 style collection of fucntions with no "main".  So, 
potentially these two could be consolidated into "Perl Source File" but not 
the other way around.

Cheers,

-Scott

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