ChuckP,

I luv AIX, but I have found compiling Perl with the XLC compiler very, very difficult. I use 'gcc' and have compiled on every version of AIX since 3.1 (original RS/6000 AIX). That said, I know it can be done.

So I suggest you call the IBM native Perl with

    perl -V | grep config
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Look at the 'config_args' parameter and see if you use the same fields to compile a new Perl. Then you would have a starting point. ( Note: If you don't need threads, don't include it in your new Perl. A threads enabled Perl will be slower than a non threads Perl on AIX. But if you need it, then include it. )

Regards...Ed