Apparently, no one has ever made reference here to using Perl on mainframes, specifically on MVS.

I'm a little shocked! but really not all that surprised.

Still, that's what I've got to do--okay, it's what I'm going to do, since I'm using mainframes for the first time in my life, and since Perl is my first tool of choice for any given problem.

So: Has anyone out there used Perl on MVS? Are there any pitfalls to be aware of? Any thing I should know?

And if there isn't anyone who knows about this, is there interest in me writing up what (if anything) happens?

adamsj

They laughed at Joan of Arc, but she went right ahead and built it. --Gracie Allen

In reply to Perl and MVS by adamsj

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