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krohn-list-perl
Date:
February 2, 2005 01:14
Subject:
Re: "Secret" operators
Message ID:
20050202024418.21177.qmail@ekrohn.com
Andrew Savige wrote:
> twos complement machine -- and I'm not aware of any perl running
> on any non twos complement machine.
I ported Perl 1.0 (and probably 2.0) to UNIX 1100 (UNIX as guest OS on
Univac 1100). The machine was 36-bit, ones complement, word addressable.
Porting software to this beast was often a challenge. Fortunately, I
haven't had to use that hardware in a long, long time (~1989)!
--
Eric Krohn
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