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Perl5 for HPUX Release 10.01
Hi,
I would like to install Perl5 on HPUX Release 10.01. Please let me
know when this will be supported.
Thank You,

John F. Scott
Public Service Electric & Gas Co.
Newark N.J.

jscott@pseg.com
Re: Perl5 for HPUX Release 10.01 [ In reply to ]
> I would like to install Perl5 on HPUX Release 10.01. Please let me
> know when this will be supported.

Although I am an HP employee, I am *not* speaking *for* HP, but merely my
opinions as an employee. Even saying this much may be overstepping the
bounds of expected behaviour.

There, now that the disclaimer is official....

Currently, it is my belief that HP is not planning to support Perl 5 on
the HP-UX 10.01 platform. I have been trying to get this supported, and
if we actually acquire Convex, then this might change. Then again, the
folks at Convex told me that after Tom left, Perl support kinda went
downhill.

My best suggestion is to continually pester your sales/support person about
Perl. If we ever do support it, my resume is all ready to try to grab that
position, either as technical lead or project lead.

Jeff
Re: Perl5 for HPUX Release 10.01 [ In reply to ]
> I would like to install Perl5 on HPUX Release 10.01. Please let me
> know when this will be supported.

Andy pointed out to me another interpretation of this question. I thought
the question was "When will HP officially support Perl 5 on HP-UX 10.01?"
I answered that question.

The other interpretation is "When will Perl 5 work successfully on HP-UX
10.01?" My answer to that is, "I don't have access to HP-UX 10.01 yet, so
I can't tell you, but it *does* work on HP-UX 10.00. Therefore, I believe
it should work 'out of the box' on HP-UX 10.01". I did my best to make
sure the hints file would work for both HP-UX 9 and 10.

Sorry for the confusion in interpreting the question.

Jeff