Re: [perl #131057] Perl on EBCDIC platform

On 3/25/2017 4:49 PM, Craig A. Berry wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 24, 2017 at 3:33 PM, [email protected]
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>> # New Ticket Created by  [email protected]
>> # Please include the string:  [perl #131057]
>> # in the subject line of all future correspondence about this issue.
>> # <URL: https://rt.perl.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=131057 >
>>
>>
>> Recent versions of perldoc perlebcdic suggest that perl is once again a
>> practical proposition on EBCDIC platforms.
>>
>> Some years ago I attempted to fulfil a CPAN RT request to add EBCDIC
>> support to Net::DNS.  This took such a long time to achieve that the
>> requester had by then disappeared.
>>
>> The wreckage of that attempt is still present, although untested on real
>> hardware.  There is little point in it remaining there unless it works.
>>
>> Please can you put me in touch with the owner such a beast who may be
>> willing to run the installation tests.
>>
>> Regards
>>
>>
>> Dick Franks
>> ________________________
>>
>
> Those are not the kind of beasts that I own, but I'm cc'ing the
> perl-mvs list as such folks are somewhat more likely to be found there
> than on p5p.
>


I'm willing to look at your code for obvious EBCDIC issues if you want 
to post it or email it to me.