Re: [a-z] class in EBCDIC and Perl-MVS status question

Hi Ze'Ev, 

Rocket Software is doing the port. The have v available to download from 
http://www.rocketsoftware.com/free-tools 

The site says Perl 
Perl is a port of the Perl (version 5.8.7) scripting language to the z/OS UNIX System Services platform. 

But when I downloaded it I got 5.16 (I think) 

Karl Nordstrom 
Storage Systems Group 
Information Technology Services 
The Pennsylvania State University 
(814) 863-1936 

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From: "Ze'Ev Atlas" <[email protected]> 
To: [email protected] 
Sent: Thursday, June 18, 2015 11:01:06 AM 
Subject: [a-z] class in EBCDIC and Perl-MVS status question 



Hi all 

1. In the last few months, I see periodically, some email speaking about 'smoke' tests. Some pass and some fail. It is not clear whether Perl for z/OS is ready or not. Could somebody please shed some lite on the situation. And if it is stable, where could I download it from (including installation instructions.) 





2. The Perlre in perldocs (5.20), document states: 

(The following all specify the same class of three characters: [ - az] , [az - ] , and [a \-z ] . All are different from [a -z ] , which specifies a class containing twenty-six characters, even on EBCDIC-based character sets.) 

The implication is that Perl somehow recognizes [a-z] and treats it as a special case in EBCDIC and ignore the non-letters gaps. Do I understand it correctly and is it implemented as advertised? 





Ze'ev Atlas