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'''JPerl''' is a version of [[Perl]] that allows it to be used with Japanese character sets, it was originally a patch by Yasushi Saito for [[Perl 4]]. It was expanded by [[Hirofumi Watanabe]] who maintained a JPerl OS/2 port for a number of years that also got ported to [[DOS]] and [[Microsoft Windows]]. There was resistance from the main Perl author for almost two decades to add the JPerl changes to the main codebase but in the end some of the changes eventually got folded into Perl 5.8.0 and subsequent releases. | '''JPerl''' is a version of [[Perl]] that allows it to be used with Japanese character sets, it was originally a patch by Yasushi Saito for [[Perl 4]]. It was expanded by [[Hirofumi Watanabe]] who maintained a JPerl OS/2 port for a number of years that also got ported to [[DOS]] and [[Microsoft Windows]]. There was resistance from the main Perl author for almost two decades to add the JPerl changes to the main codebase but in the end some of the changes eventually got folded into Perl 5.8.0 and subsequent releases. | ||
* | * JPerl v5.005_03-990503 (1999-06-27) - Yasushi Saito | ||
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Latest revision as of 10:13, 10 March 2020
JPerl is a version of Perl that allows it to be used with Japanese character sets, it was originally a patch by Yasushi Saito for Perl 4. It was expanded by Hirofumi Watanabe who maintained a JPerl OS/2 port for a number of years that also got ported to DOS and Microsoft Windows. There was resistance from the main Perl author for almost two decades to add the JPerl changes to the main codebase but in the end some of the changes eventually got folded into Perl 5.8.0 and subsequent releases.
- JPerl v5.005_03-990503 (1999-06-27) - Yasushi Saito
Links
- JPerl 5.005_03 - Instructions on how to create a DOS JPerl from source.