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From: karrer@bernina.ethz.ch (Andreas Karrer)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.perl
Subject: Re: compiling perl 4.003 on a Convex, take 2
Keywords: pcc mode
Message-ID: <1991May16.172439.24968@bernina.ethz.ch>
Date: 16 May 91 17:24:39 GMT
References: <tchrist.673729327@convex.convex.com>
Organization: Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH), Zurich, CH
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tchrist@convex.com (Tom Christiansen) writes:

>Perl will compile cleanly without modifications on a Convex if you 
>simply use -pcc mode.

On ConvexOS 8.1 this will give you a perl that indeed passes all test,
but which fails on:

	root# perl4.003 -e 'print "$<$>"; $<=1; $>=1; print "$<$>\n"'
	0001
but:
	root# perl4.003 -e 'print "$<$>"; $>=1; $<=1; print "$<$>\n"'
	0011

perl4.003 on SunOS/Ultrix/Dynix/Alliant prints "0011" in both cases.


It seems a few more test that test features restricted to the
super-user are needed (Assignment to $<, $>, chroot(), chown() etc).

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  Andi Karrer, Communication Systems, ETH Zuerich, Switzerland
  karrer@bernina.ethz.ch                 - terible simplifieur