From:	Jason Kridner <jdk AT ti DOT com>
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp,comp.lang.perl.misc
Subject:	WANTED: perl for DOS
Date:	Mon, 04 Nov 1996 15:42:46 -0600
Organization:	Texas Instruments
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I am desperate to have a perl for DOS (32-bit extended, not 16-bit
or Windows) which has 'inport' and 'outport' instructions.  I
frequently use DJGPP (GO32) and it seems like it would be a natural
to compile perl.  Unfortunately, I have had many problems just
expanding the archive.  Also, all of the make utilities rely on
running 'sh', etc.

I downloaded the OS/2 port of perl (perl5x.exe), but I get SIGSEGV
exceptions when I try to run a script (using RSX as the extender).
Even if I do get it to work, I have no idea how I will compile in
the 'inport' and 'outport' instructions that I need.

Is anyone else working on solving this problem?  I am in desperate need
and I am willing to put some time into it.

Regards,
Jason Kridner
jdk AT ti DOT com

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