Re: Anyone running & using Perl on Z/OS

2011-08-01 Thread Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.)
In , on 08/01/2011 at 11:40 AM, "Barkow, Eileen" said: >Perl uses c routines So do lots of other programs. >and has a c api FSVO "c api" >Perl combines (in the author's opinion, anyway) some of the best >features of C, Structures? Pointers? Typed variables? #include? >so people familiar

Re: Anyone running & using Perl on Z/OS

2011-08-01 Thread Barkow, Eileen
) Sent: Sunday, July 31, 2011 12:07 AM To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Subject: Re: Anyone running & using Perl on Z/OS In , on 07/26/2011 at 09:26 AM, "Barkow, Eileen" said: >But I did get to learn a little Perl, which is basically a short hand >for C. Not even close. --

Re: Anyone running & using Perl on Z/OS

2011-07-30 Thread Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.)
In , on 07/26/2011 at 09:26 AM, "Barkow, Eileen" said: >But I did get to learn a little Perl, which is basically a short hand >for C. Not even close. -- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz, SysProg and JOAT ISO position; see We don't care. We

Re: Anyone running & using Perl on Z/OS

2011-07-26 Thread Dana Mitchell
Many moons ago, I did get a package called TWiki working, entirely written in Perl (it was under OS/390 at the time). If you go to TWiki.org and search for mainframe, there may still be references to it, perhaps some others have worked on it since. Dana --

Re: Anyone running & using Perl on Z/OS

2011-07-26 Thread Barkow, Eileen
Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Belinda Tinsley Sent: Tuesday, July 26, 2011 8:02 AM To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Subject: Anyone running & using Perl on Z/OS Hi all, Is there anyone out there that has an application written and running (successfully) in Perl on z/OS.

Anyone running & using Perl on Z/OS

2011-07-26 Thread Belinda Tinsley
Hi all, Is there anyone out there that has an application written and running (successfully) in Perl on z/OS. We are exploring the possibility of re-writing and moving some applications here but would like to get a better understanding of where it lives and how it behaves. You can contact