APACHE on BS2000/OSD

Perl

Features, Components and Versions

Perl ("Practical Extraction and Report Language") is a scripting language known from the UNIX environment.  Perl is modelled on the syntax of C and various shell scripting languages. With its numerous modules and enhancements Perl is universally applicable. Perl gained special importance with regard to web servers, as it is well suited for processing of text and form data. There are free Perl modules available in the internet for a lot of purposes.

By fully integrating Perl into the Apache web server a much better performance of the scripts is achieved. Additionally it is possible to install and use Perl as a stand-alone product, e.g. for task automation in POSIX.

Perl is delivered as product PERL in the BS2000 delivery unit APACHE. The Apache module mod_perl, which handles the integration of Perl into Apache, also is contained in the BS2000 delivery unit APACHE.

Perl in BS2000/OSD can be obtained in the following versions:

• PERL 5.8A00

current version
released Apr. 2008



PERL (BS2000/OSD) 5.8A00 is based on the Open Source version Perl 5.8.8. (The Apache module mod_perl is based on the Open Source version mod_perl 2.0.3)
Perl can be used with APACHE (BS2000/OSD) version 2.2A and higher.




V 5.8A00: Details and Documentation

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