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NODE 94634f91re to hfinney
hal sez:

: Perl does exist for ms-dos, and I think those scripts would probably work
: OK there.  They don't do anything exotic, just some byte reads and
: writes.  Maybe the random-number generation would need to be looked at;
: as I said, that is the one weak part. But probably they would work OK.

kool . could you please repost the scripts , i seem to have misplaced them.
also , where can i get perl for dos , any idea ? tia .
NODE b847b209Re: re to hfinney
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> hal sez:
> 
> : Perl does exist for ms-dos, and I think those scripts would probably work
> : OK there.  They don't do anything exotic, just some byte reads and
> : writes.  Maybe the random-number generation would need to be looked at;
> : as I said, that is the one weak part. But probably they would work OK.
> 
> kool . could you please repost the scripts , i seem to have misplaced them.
> also , where can i get perl for dos , any idea ? tia .
> 
> 

PERL can be obtained via anon FTP:

 ftp.uu.net			137.39.1.9
 archive.cis.ohio-state.edu  	128.146.8.52
 jpl-devvax.jpl.nasa.gov  	128.149.1.43

Get the source code and start compiling... :>

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NODE 36a25438Re: re to hfinney
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In list.cypherpunks, turner@telecheck.com writes:

>> also , where can i get perl for dos , any idea ? tia .

> PERL can be obtained via anon FTP:
> 
>  ftp.uu.net                     137.39.1.9
>  archive.cis.ohio-state.edu     128.146.8.52
>  jpl-devvax.jpl.nasa.gov        128.149.1.43
> 
> Get the source code and start compiling... :>

Bring a lunch... you'll be at it a while.  :)

Perl is a non-trivial port to MS-DOS, but there are versions available.
Look on your favorite SimTel mirror site:

Directory SimTel/msdos/perl/
 Filename   Type Length   Date    Description
==============================================
bperl3s1.zip  B  505075  940412  32-bit Perl 4.0pl36 w/VM & Win supt. (src 1/3)
bperl3s2.zip  B  530821  940412  32-bit Perl 4.0pl36 w/VM & Win supt. (src 2/3)
bperl3s3.zip  B  522530  940412  32-bit Perl 4.0pl36 w/VM & Win supt. (src 3/3)
bperl3x.zip   B  482794  940412  32-bit Perl 4.0pl36 w/VM & Win 3.1 supt. (exe)
perl4019.zip  B  196446  920620  UNIX-based scripting lang. replaces sh/awk/sed
perl419x.zip  B  435591  920317  Len Reed's port of Unix Perl v4.19
ptch19.zip    B  116444  920317  Len Reed's patch set to make perl 4.19
 
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