Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!ateng!chip From: chip@ateng.com (Chip Salzenberg) Newsgroups: comp.unix.xenix Subject: Re: need perl for 286 Xenix Keywords: perl 286 Message-ID: <257D570D.14970@ateng.com> Date: 6 Dec 89 18:14:36 GMT References: <225@carssdf.UUCP> Distribution: usa Organization: A T Engineering, Tampa, FL Lines: 13 According to usenet@carssdf.UUCP (UseNet Id.): >I am looking for an executable xenix 286 version of perl 3.0. It is >my impression that a 286 system cannot compile this due to the table >limits of yacc, but that a 386 version (with perl patch _six_) could >generate a 286 compatible version. While this is all true, a better approach is to have a friend run Yacc and then compile his yacc output on your machine. Thus you have sources, so you can fix bugs and apply (some) patches. -- You may redistribute this article only to those who may freely do likewise. Chip Salzenberg at A T Engineering; or "The Usenet, in a very real sense, does not exist."