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From: thetroll@rata.vuw.ac.nz (The Troll)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.perl
Subject: Perl Patchlevel 15 on VAX 5400
Message-ID: <1990Mar16.044319.14338@kaukau.comp.vuw.ac.nz>
Date: 16 Mar 90 04:43:19 GMT
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I have successfully managed to build Perl 3.0 Patchlevel 15 on a VAX 5400
(a rebadged MIPS box). However it fails the following tests if the
compiler flag -O is used: op.eval; test 7, op.substr; test 40. 

Perl 3.0 patchlevel 8 did not have this problem (it had other problems
instead). 

If anyone knows why this is happening could they let Larry know so that he
can decide whether to fix it in a future release or not. If anyone else
with a 5400 is having problems getting Perl to build, try switching off
optimisation. 

print "I am a bear with a very small brain and I do not understand";

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