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From:
Gerard Goossen
Date:
December 3, 2007 08:38
Subject:
Testing EBCDIC? (was: Re: Dropping 5.5 support from my modules.)
Message ID:
20071203164155.GS5329@ostwald
On Wed, Nov 28, 2007 at 11:31:02PM -0600, Craig A. Berry wrote:
> [...]
> 
> Acquiring an IBM mainframe emulator appears to be as simple as
> downloading and installing a package.  See:
> 
> http://www.conmicro.cx/hercules/
> 
> Acquiring the tools to build Perl and the expertise to troubleshoot
> problems in this environment may be more difficult.

This appears to be only an mainframe emulator without any OS at all, but
if somebody known how to set it up, has used it to test Perl 5.

Also from what previous messages on p5p: The only one doing testing on 
EBCDIC is Chun Bing Ge, but that doesn't happen in a very structure 
way, and nobody else has access to test accounts or something like that.

-- 
Gerard Goossen
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