bash-2.05$ perl -V Summary of my perl5 (revision 5.0 version 6 subversion 0) configuration: Platform: osname=darwin, osvers=6.0, archname=darwin uname='darwin fisheye 6.0 darwin kernel version 5.2: mon jun 17 09:55:14 pdt 2002; root:xnu-201-14.rootsxnu-201-14.objrelease_ppc power macin config_args='-ds -e -Dprefix=/usr -Dccflags=-g -pipe -Dldflags=' hint=recommended, useposix=true, d_sigaction=define usethreads=undef use5005threads=undef useithreads=undef usemultiplicity=undef useperlio=undef d_sfio=undef uselargefiles=define use64bitint=undef use64bitall=undef uselongdouble=undef usesocks=undef Compiler: cc='cc', optimize='-Os', gccversion=Apple cpp-precomp 6.14 cppflags='-g -pipe -pipe -fno-common -no-cpp-precomp -flat_namespace -DHAS_TELLDIR_PROTOTYPE -fno-strict-aliasing' ccflags ='-g -pipe -pipe -fno-common -no-cpp-precomp -flat_namespace -DHAS_TELLDIR_PROTOTYPE -fno-strict-aliasing' stdchar='char', d_stdstdio=undef, usevfork=true intsize=4, longsize=4, ptrsize=4, doublesize=8 d_longlong=define, longlongsize=8, d_longdbl=define, longdblsize=8 ivtype='long', ivsize=4, nvtype='double', nvsize=8, Off_t='off_t', lseeksize=8 alignbytes=8, usemymalloc=n, prototype=define Linker and Libraries: ld='cc', ldflags ='' libpth=/usr/lib libs=-lm -lc libc=/System/Library/Frameworks/System.framework/System, so=dylib, useshrplib=true, libperl=libperl.dylib Dynamic Linking: dlsrc=dl_dyld.xs, dlext=bundle, d_dlsymun=undef, ccdlflags=' ' cccdlflags=' ', lddlflags='-bundle -flat_namespace -undefined suppress' Characteristics of this binary (from libperl): Compile-time options: USE_LARGE_FILES Built under darwin Compiled at Jul 14 2002 04:04:33 %ENV: PERL5LIB="/sw/lib/perl5" @INC: /sw/lib/perl5/darwin /sw/lib/perl5 /System/Library/Perl/darwin /System/Library/Perl /Library/Perl/darwin /Library/Perl /Library/Perl /Network/Library/Perl/darwin /Network/Library/Perl /Network/Library/Perl .