Perl is a high-level programming language with an eclectic heritage written by Larry Wall and a cast of thousands. It derives from the ubiquitous C programming language.
This program is installable using the rpm package manager. See below for the install string. Required prerequisites are automatically processed by the package manager and, if needed, downloaded and installed.
Program is distributed as ZIP package: download to temporary directory and unpack to destination folder. See below for download link(s).
Following ones are the download links for manual installation:
Perl v. 5.8.8 (22/4/2025, Oliver Cremer) | Readme/What's new |
Perl v5.8.8 from Paul Smedley as WPI-Package. Requires kLIBC Runtime 0.6.1 (libc061.dll) for example in the pakage libc-0_6_3-csd3.wpi. This WPI-Package uses kLIBC Pathrewriter, if present, klibccfg.wpi. From Oliver Cremer/Paul Smedley. |
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Perl v. 5.16.0 (6/8/2019, KO Myung-Hun) | ||
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Perl v. 5.16.0 (23/1/2017, KO Myung-Hun) | Readme/What's new |
v5.16.0-k1:
* Based on Perl v5.16.0 of Paul Smedley
* Fixed rmtree() sometimes failed
* Fixed install_lib.pl failed
* Fixed system 1(P_NOWAIT) returned a wrong value not a pid of a child
* Fixed [git add -p] show stair output
* Fixed "Can't do inplace edit without backup" when -i was used with no
extension
* Support to pass a very long command line via a response file
* Support to read a response file regardless a line length
* Support to allocate in high-memory area
* See readme.os2 for explanations of Paul Smedley |
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Perl v. 5.14.2 (5/1/2012, Paul Smedley (Smedles)) | ||
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Perl v. 5.8.8 (12/2/2007, Paul Smedley (Smedles)) | Readme/What's new |
Perl 5.8.8
Perl Facts
* Perl is a stable, cross platform programming language.
* It is used for mission critical projects in the public and private sectors.
* Perl is Open Source software, licensed under its Artistic License, or the GNU General Public License (GPL).
* Perl was created by Larry Wall.
* Perl 1.0 was released to usenet's alt.comp.sources in 1987
* PC Magazine named Perl a finalist for its 1998 Technical Excellence Award in the Development Tool category.
* Perl is listed in the Oxford English Dictionary.
Perl Features
* Perl takes the best features from other languages, such as C, awk, sed, sh, and BASIC, among others.
* Perls database integration interface (DBI) supports third-party databases including Oracle, Sybase, Postgres, MySQL and others.
* Perl works with HTML, XML, and other mark-up languages.
* Perl supports Unicode.
* Perl is Y2K compliant.
* Perl supports both procedural and object-oriented programming.
* Perl interfaces with external C/C++ libraries through XS or SWIG.
* Perl is extensible. There are over 500 third party modules available from the Comprehensive Perl Archive Network (CPAN).
* The Perl interpreter can be embedded into other systems.
Perl 5.8.8 - updated 20070212 - needs libc061.dll
Release Notes:
1) built with libc06 CSD1 so libc061.dll is required - this can be
downloaded from ftp://ftp.netlabs.org/pub/gcc/libc-0.6.1-csd1.zip
2) All bug reports should be submitted via the bug tracker at
http://mantis.smedley.info
See the COPYING file for details on the Perl license
Note that this build of Perl is coded to look in u:/perl/lib for its libraries.
If your Perl is installed somewhere else, you need to set an environment
variable to tell Perl the install location, ie:
set PERLIB_PREFIX=u:/perl/lib;x:/path/to/perl/lib
I am VERY interested in feedback on this release - I've been using it to
run SpamAssassin for the last month or so with no problems.
If you like this software and want to support continued ports, please
consider donating via PayPal via the link in the footer at
http://smedley.info/os2ports or via the Mensys online store at
http://www.mensys.net/os2ports
Cheers,
Paul Smedley
Adelaide, Australia
12th February, 2007 |
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Perl v. 5.8.0 (24/2/2003, Henry Sobotka) | ||
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