Re: [FWP] Re: PerlOS

[Ariel Scolnicov <ariels@compugen.co.il>]

Chip Turner <chip@zfx.com> writes:

> Adam Sampson <azz@josstix.demon.co.uk> writes:
> 
> > On Thu, Jul 29, 1999 at 10:07:55AM -0400, John Porter wrote:
> > > > @s = ("fate", "anoints", "idle", "coders"); @a = ("kill", "apropos",
> > > > "pico", "ispell");print join(' ', ($s[0]..$a[0])[83813],
> > > > ($s[1]..$a[1])[188889], ($s[2]..$a[2])[123871],
> > > > ($s[3]..$a[3])[52995357]);
> > 
> > That is really, truly horrible. It runs out of memory on my 288Mb machine.
> > I assume that it prints `whfg nabgure crey unpxre | rot13`...
> > 
> > And is there a sensible use for ".."?
> 
> To run, it would take more than 4 gig of memory on a 64 bit system (32
> can't address more than 4gig, so it would have to be 64 bit).  AFAIK
> it has never been executed to completion :)  Maybe in about 8 years it
> will be executable on the desktop.
> 
> Will perl run on a cray?

There's a perl5.005_03/hints/unicos.sh file in the distribution, so it 
would seem that Perl is available there.  However, I've never tried to 
compile Perl on a Cray, much less try to run this program.  One of the 
list's members should submit a request for a research grant for
computer time to check this.

Actually, the closest I've ever come to a Cray is a friend who used
one.

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