| 1 | If you read this file _as_is_, just ignore the funny characters you see.
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| 2 | It is written in the POD format (see pod/perlpod.pod) which is specially
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| 3 | designed to be readable as is.
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| 5 | =head1 NAME
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| 7 | README.tru64 - Perl version 5 on Tru64 (formerly known as Digital UNIX formerly known as DEC OSF/1) systems
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| 9 | =head1 DESCRIPTION
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| 11 | This document describes various features of HP's (formerly Compaq's,
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| 12 | formerly Digital's) Unix operating system (Tru64) that will affect
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| 13 | how Perl version 5 (hereafter just Perl) is configured, compiled
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| 14 | and/or runs.
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| 16 | =head2 Compiling Perl 5 on Tru64
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| 18 | The recommended compiler to use in Tru64 is the native C compiler.
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| 19 | The native compiler produces much faster code (the speed difference is
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| 20 | noticeable: several dozen percentages) and also more correct code: if
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| 21 | you are considering using the GNU C compiler you should use at the
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