=head1 NAME
-README.mpeix - Perl/iX for HP e3000 MPE
+perlmpeix - Perl/iX for HP e3000 MPE
=head1 SYNOPSIS
http://www.bixby.org/mark/perlix.html
- http://jazz.external.hp.com/src/hp_freeware/perl/
Perl language for MPE
Last updated January 12, 2006 @ 2100 UTC
=head1 NOTE
-This is a podified version of the above-mentioned web page,
+This is a podified version of what used to be on the above-mentioned web page,
podified by Jarkko Hietaniemi 2001-Jan-01.
-=head1 Binary distribution from HP
-
-The simplest way to obtain Perl for the MPE/iX is to go either of
-these URLs and follow the instructions within.
-
-http://jazz.external.hp.com/src/hp_freeware/perl/
-http://www.bixby.org/mark/perlix.html
-
-Use which ever one is more recent.
-
-
=head1 What's New in Perl for MPE/iX
January 12, 2006
Mark Klein provided a fixed sigsetjmp (that works with dynamic
libraries) in mpeix_setjmp.c
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+=back
June 1, 2000
libwww-perl (LWP) which lets Perl programs behave like web browsers:
- 1. #!/PERL/PUB/perl
- 2. use LWP::Simple;
- 3. $doc = get('http://www.bixby.org/mark/perlix.html'); # reads the
- web page into variable $doc
-
-(http://www.bixby.org/mark/perlix.html)
-
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mod_perl (just the perl portion; the actual DSO will be released
soon with Apache/iX 1.3.12 from bixby.org). This module allows you to
write high performance persistent Perl CGI scripts and all sorts of
-cool things. (http://perl.apache.org/)
+cool things. (L<http://perl.apache.org/>)
and much much more hiding under /PERL/PUB/.cpan/
2. perl -MCPAN -e shell
3. Ignore any terminal I/O related complaints!
-(http://theoryx5.uwinnipeg.ca/CPAN/data/perl/CPAN.html)
+(L<http://search.cpan.org/dist/CPAN/>)
=back
=head1 Welcome to Perl/iX
This is the official home page for the HP e3000 MPE/iX
-( http://www.hp.com/go/e3000 ) port of the Perl scripting
-language ( http://www.perl.com/ ) which gives you all of the power of C,
+( L<http://www.hp.com/go/e3000> ) port of the Perl scripting
+language ( L<http://www.perl.com/> ) which gives you all of the power of C,
awk, sed, and sh in a single language. Check here for the latest news,
implemented functionality, known bugs, to-do list, etc. Status reports
about major milestones will also be posted to the HP3000-L mailing list
-( http://www.lsoft.com/scripts/wl.exe?SL1=HP3000-L&H=RAVEN.UTC.EDU ) and
+( L<http://www.lsoft.com/scripts/wl.exe?SL1=HP3000-L&H=RAVEN.UTC.EDU> ) and
its associated gatewayed newsgroup comp.sys.hp.mpe.
I'm doing this port because I can't live without Perl on the Unix
available to me on MPE.
Please send your comments, questions, and bug reports directly to me,
-Mark Bixby ( http://www.bixby.org/mark/ ). Or just post them to HP3000-L.
+Mark Bixby ( L<http://www.bixby.org/mark/> ). Or just post them to HP3000-L.
The platform I'm using to do this port is an HP 3000 957RX running
MPE/iX 6.0 and using the GNU gcc C compiler
-( http://jazz.external.hp.com/src/gnu/gnuframe.html ).
+( L<http://jazz.external.hp.com/src/gnu/gnuframe.html> ).
The combined porting wisdom from all of my ports can be found in my
-MPE/iX Porting Guide (http://www.bixby.org/mark/porting.html).
+MPE/iX Porting Guide (L<http://www.bixby.org/mark/porting.html>).
IMPORTANT NOTICE: Yes, I do work for the HP CSY R&D lab, but ALL of
the software you download from bixby.org is my personal freeware that
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If you wish to recompile Perl, you must install both GNUCORE and
-GNUGCC from jazz (http://jazz.external.hp.com/src/gnu/gnuframe.html).
+GNUGCC from jazz (L<http://jazz.external.hp.com/src/gnu/gnuframe.html>).
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If you will be compiling Perl/iX yourself, you will also need
-Syslog/iX ( http://www.bixby.org/mark/syslogix.html ) and the
+Syslog/iX ( L<http://www.bixby.org/mark/syslogix.html> ) and the
/BIND/PUB/include and /BIND/PUB/lib portions of BIND/iX
-( http://www.bixby.org/mark/bindix.html ).
+( L<http://www.bixby.org/mark/bindix.html> ).
=back
make sure that your script has execute permission. Run your script!
Be sure to take a look at the CPAN module list
-( http://www.cpan.org/CPAN.html ). A wide variety of free Perl software
+( L<http://www.cpan.org/CPAN.html> ). A wide variety of free Perl software
is available. You can automatically download these packages by using
-the CPAN module ( http://theoryx5.uwinnipeg.ca/CPAN/data/perl/CPAN.html ).
+the CPAN module ( L<http://search.cpan.org/dist/CPAN/> ).
=head1 MPE/iX Implementation Considerations
=head1 AUTHOR
-Mark Bixby, http://www.bixby.org/mark/
+Mark Bixby, L<http://www.bixby.org/mark/>