On Sun, Jan 13, 2008 at 05:35:57PM -0500, jesse wrote: > > If only Perl1 source would compile, then it'd be > > easier, but it doesn't compile on windows (xp) and can't get it working on > > cygwin either. > > That sounds like the sort of situation where VMWare Player and, say, an > ubuntu or redhat virtual machine might come in really handy. I don't > believe Perl 1 was ever ported to Windows.
The first MS-DOS port was for Perl3 by Didi Spinellis. See http://www.spinellis.gr/sw/ports/dosperl/ That Didi was doing this sort of thing months before our finals whilst I was probably refitting a clutch, chasing a football around a field, or who-knows-what, probably helps explain why he got a first and I got a 2.1. (Well, that and that he's much cleverer than I am.) Oh, and I had just met my wife-to-be a few months earlier. That probably explains a lot too. In any case, the patch looks fairly minimal - you might be able to retrofit it to Perl1 without too much trouble. But I'd go the virtual machine route too, all else being equal. -- Paul Johnson - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pjcj.net
