>>> On 3/31/2010 at 02:34 PM, karl williamson <pub...@khwilliamson.com> wrote: > Also, in looking at the Perl 5 source code, it is clear to me that no > one is running modern Perl versions on EBCDIC platforms, because it > wouldn't work. But I can't imagine a Linux system without Perl. Could > someone explain?
If you're referring to Linux on the mainframe, that runs as a native ASCII operating system. Perl works just fine on it. Mainframes aren't inherently "EBCDIC" or "ASCII" systems. It's up to the operating system to decide what it wants to do. Mark Post ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@vm.marist.edu with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
