adamsj, while the issue hasn't come up here before, I have used Perl on MVS (posting DB2 data to an intranet).

Since the Perl will be running in Open Edition (now "Unix System Services"), you will not see all that much difference from using it on another Unix, aside from experiencing all the joy that is the unix "shell" on mvs. ( a glorified SPF...for those not familiar with SPF, think 80 character punch cards bolted onto a monitor).

I used Perl mostly as callout functions inside of IBM's Net.Data (PHP/ASP-like tagging using REXX) to accomplish string thingies that were excessively ugly in REXX.

I was not involved in setting it up directly, so I can't speak to the technical difficulties that may be involved in compiling site-specific modules (I suspect there are many workaround-like issues here), but my recolection is that all the builtin perl functions behaved as they would on any "normal" unix system (after we resolved what were mostly "environment" issues). For instance, you could open a partition dataset member just as any other file on a unix system, with normal open syntax.

good luck with your project! Feel free to email or /msg me for more information, although keep in mind it had been 3 years since my experience, so I what I know is likely pretty dated by now.

In reply to Re: Perl and MVS by wardk
in thread Perl and MVS by adamsj

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