> -----Original Message-----
> From: Richard Gambrell [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Saturday, October 23, 1999 12:44 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Linux
>
>
> root wrote:
> >
> > It's a great learning experience to use UNIX on MPE. I
> invoked the unix shell
> > and thought that things are gonna be easier. But,
> unfortunately, lots of the
> > familiar things I know wasn't there (eg.perl). Ended up
> learning about awk,
> > etc.
>
> perl is available for downloading and it is in MPE 6.0!
> The funny thing is awk has been around much longer than perl.

You can download Perl/iX from:

        http://www.bixby.org/mark/perlix.html

It will run on MPE 5.5 and 6.0, but doesn't come bundled into MPE.  Despite
me now working for HP, Perl/iX remains unsupported (by HP) freeware.

- Mark B.