The configure script took me 2 hours!

Post #65,906 by broomberg 12/1/02 6:00:30 PM Reply	The configure script took me 2 hours! The MF is so damn slow. And evil. Perl could not use nm to pull symbols, so it had to compile a program for each. And since it was so slow, it was no longer "interactive". And then it would pause and ask me a question. 5 minutes later, I'd realize it was waiting for input.
Post #66,048 by deSitter 12/2/02 10:50:27 AM Reply	??? Why would you install Perl on a machine with no stdin and stdout? Doesn't your MF have REXX? Perl - bah. -drl
Post #66,250 by broomberg 12/2/02 8:25:16 PM Reply	I see a flame starting But I'll bite! 1) The crappy slow mainframe actually has a very good shell environment. Full job control, pipes, etc, with access to the "regular" wierd files, plus Unix style HFS file system. 2) You can run Perl (or any other Unix process) via JCL, assigning STDIN and STDOUT to datasets. 3) I plan on using that facility to write Perl glue wrappers that will call functions on other Linux or Solaris boxes, which the MF coders can then call via JCL. 4) Do you know what REXX stands for? Restructured Extended Executor Language That is just plain silly. On the other hand, I can't even get Perl to compile right now, so we'll see.
Post #66,427 by boxley 12/3/02 12:29:54 PM Reply	do you have the latest MF patches for the nix dataset? had an issue a few months back with swisscom and ftp, they were short a couple of very recent patches, thanx, bill will work for cash and other incentives [link\|http://home.tampabay.rr.com/boxley/resume/Resume.html\|skill set] Opera was the television of the nineteenth century:loud, vulgar and garish with plots that could only be called infantile. "Pendergast"
Post #66,745 by deSitter 12/4/02 6:22:43 PM Reply	Re: I see a flame starting I once compiled Perl on VMS but I can't remember why it was hard! Something to do with UNIX header files missing in the C setup. Neat deal using JCL to define in and out - I love it! -drl
Post #66,785 by static 12/4/02 9:49:08 PM Reply	Well that is what JCL is for. The DOS SNOBOL4+ environment from Catspaw implements something similar: you can assign files to a filehandle id (from 1 to 16) on the command line and just refer directly to the filehandle in your program. Of course, you can open a file by name from within your program if the old method is too clunky. :-) Wade. "Ah. One of the difficult questions."
Post #66,793 by deSitter 12/4/02 10:22:34 PM Reply	Well no, it's a stretch but it works Datasets aren't streams. This is a 'frame with record orientation. JCL - I regret never getting to do much. -drl

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