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I've been asked to figure out what it would take to make the lastest greatest PERL operational on a 64 bit system running AIX 5.1 ML5 with DB2 v8.1. Can anyone offer some pointers? We use it for everyday utility processing, DBI, CGI etc. and more specifically how-to compile it and set it up properly to operate with very large files (data warehousing) and large amounts of memory (currently one system will have 128GB+). Thanks.

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Re: PERL 5.8 64 Bit
by kvale (Monsignor) on Mar 02, 2004 at 22:28 UTC
    Every perl5 source distribution comes with hints for variuos OSes. The hints for AIX are in the file README.aix at the root of the distribution.

    -Mark

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Re: PERL 5.8 64 Bit
by ghettofinger (Monk) on Mar 03, 2004 at 02:54 UTC
    The perldoc entry for AIX states the following that may be applicable to your situation:

    1. Using Large Files with Perl: Should yield no problems.
    2. 64-bit Perl: If your AIX is installed with 64-bit support, you can expect 64bit configurations to work. In combination with threads some tests might still fail.

    Best Wishes,
    ghettofinger

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      I will look into the read-me files from this and another reply. Thanks for pointing me someplace. Not sure why this is my issue to track down as I am not a sysadmin on the server I only maintain the database on it. But I will certainly learn something from the process. I assume that anything already written in PERL under a 32-bit OS will function as-is under 64-bit and won't require any rewritting? These scripts are not complex they simply help me and other dba's with our daily jobs.
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        I assume that anything already written in PERL under a 32-bit OS will function as-is under 64-bit and won't require any rewritting?

        That would be my understanding. No re-working of code should be needed at all.

        Regards,
        ghettofinger

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