This is the perl we have currently in USS, works fine:
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(LPAR:useridxx) /home/useridxx:>perl --version
This is perl, v5.8.7 built for os390-thread-multi
Copyright 1987-2005, Larry Wall
MVS (OS390) port by Mortice Kern Systems, 1997-1999
Perl may be copied only under the terms of either the Artistic License or the
GNU General Public License, which may be found in the Perl 5 source kit.
Complete documentation for Perl, including FAQ lists, should be found on
this system using éman perl' or éperldoc perl'. If you have access to the
Internet, point your browser at http://www.perl.org/, the Perl Home Page.
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Cordialement / Vriendelijke Groeten / Best Regards / Med Vänliga Hälsningar
Tore Agblad
Volvo Information Technology
Infrastructure Mainframe Design & Development
SE-405 08, Gothenburg Sweden
E-mail: [email protected]
http://www.volvo.com/volvoit/global/en-gb/
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From: Linux on 390 Port [[email protected]] On Behalf Of karl williamson
[[email protected]]
Sent: Thursday, April 01, 2010 18:11
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: How to enter control characters from an EBCDIC keyboard?
Richard Troth wrote:
> Perl was ported to OE more than a decade ago and saw use on OpenVM and
> on OpenMVS (USS). I am not a strong Perl follower, but would be
> shocked and saddened to learn that it was no longer viable on USS. (I
> know one guy who was doing some serious QA work with Perl on USS at
> one point.)
>
> So ... sure ... Perl should work fine on EBCDIC operating systems.
>
>
Thanks for your answers. We at Perl would be happy to get Perl working
again on EBCDIC machines. But the people who in the past used it and
helped keep it working, stopped. What would be required is for someone
with such a machine that has some spare cycles, to donate some of them
for testing purposes. The basics are covered here:
http://search.cpan.org/dist/Test-Smoke/README
Once setup, it is essentially automated. If you know of anyone who
would be interested in doing this, have them send email to
[email protected]
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