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From:	ritzel AT mailandnews DOT com (Brian J. Ritzel)
Subject:	Re: Perl under MS DOS
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In article <b5d85s4lpdqiosr8mpsmqtr0rge13ine16 AT 4ax DOT com>,
   Mark Blain <mblain AT wizvax DOT net> wrote:
>On Sun, 12 Dec 1999 16:02:15 GMT, "Andrew Jones" <xluminous AT hotmail DOT com>
>wrote:
>
>>
>>Graf László <lgraf AT agora DOT ro> wrote in message
>>news:3853975A DOT 7C2EF64F AT agora DOT ro...
>>> Hello everybody !
>>> Somebody help me to find one Perl wich I could run under MS DOS without
>>> problems. I have a 486 DX100 with 8M RAM.
>>> Thank you.
>>> --
>>> László Graf
>>>
>>> Email: lgraf AT agora DOT ro
>>> ICQ: 23235637 - Authorize
>>> Work: +40-(0)65-166516
>>
>>
>>DJGPP has a Perl port available for it.  I think the Zip Picker at
>>http://www.delorie.com will help you out on getting it.  Like the other
>>tools, it needs a 386 or better.  And 8 MEGS should be sufficient.
>>
>>Andrew Jones
>>
>
>Bună ziua.    NU VORBESC ROMÂNES¸TE.
>
>The best place for Perl information is at CPAN.   CPAN has scripts,
>modules, documentation, and an index of Perl ports for every known
>operating system.  Here is a mirror site in Romania:
>ftp://ftp.dnttm.ro/pub/CPAN/index.html  
>
>DJGPP Perl is the best choice for MS-DOS.   The most recent version is
>available at Simtel.  You will probably also need csdpmi.  Again, in
>Romania:
>ftp://ftp.dnttm.ro/pub/simtelnet/gnu/djgpp/v2gnu/perl552b.zip
>ftp://ftp.dnttm.ro/pub/simtelnet/gnu/djgpp/v2misc/csdpmi4b.zip

The *most* recent version (perl553.zip) is available at CPAN (www.perl.com 
should get you to the site nearest you).  For some reason the djgpp sites are 
lagging a version behind.

-Bri


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