Perl FAQ 1.12
Perl is available from any comp.sources.misc archive. You can use an archie server (see the alt.sources FAQ in news.answers) to find these if you want.
Version 4: Volume Issues Patchlevel and Notes ------ ------ ------------------------------------------------ 18 19-54 Patchlevel 3, Initial posting. 20 56-62 Patches 4-10 Version 5: Volume Issues Patchlevel and Notes ------ ------ ----------------------------------------------- 45 64-128 Initial Posting, patchlevel 0.Since 1993, a number of archives have sprung up specifically for Perl and Perl related items. Larry maintains the official distribution site (for both perl4.036 and perl5) at netlabs. Probably the largest archive is at the University of Florida. In order of probability these sites will have the sources.
Site Directory and notes IP
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North America:
ftp://ftp.netlabs.com/pub/outgoing/perl5.0/ 192.94.48.152
ftp://ftp.cis.ufl.edu/pub/perl/src/5.0/ 128.227.100.198
ftp://prep.ai.mit.edu/pub/gnu/ 18.71.0.38
not current as of 7/15/95
ftp://ftp.uu.net/languages/perl/ 192.48.96.9
not current as of 7/15/95
ftp://ftp.khoros.unm.edu/pub/perl/ 198.59.155.28
not current as of 7/15/95
ftp://ftp.cbi.tamucc.edu/pub/duff/Perl/ 165.95.1.3
ftp://ftp.metronet.com/pub/perl/sources/ 192.245.137.1
ftp://genetics.upenn.edu/perl5/ 128.91.200.37
Europe:
ftp://ftp.cs.ruu.nl/pub/PERL/perl5.0/src/ 131.211.80.17
ftp://ftp.funet.fi/pub/languages/perl/ports/perl5/ 128.214.248.6
ftp://ftp.zrz.tu-berlin.de/pub/unix/perl/ 130.149.4.40
ftp://src.doc.ic.ac.uk/packages/perl5/ 146.169.17.5
Australia:
ftp://sungear.mame.mu.oz.au/pub/perl/src/5.0/ 128.250.209.2
South America (mirror of ftp://prep.ai.mit.edu/pub/gnu):
ftp://ftp.inf.utfsm.cl/pub/gnu/ 146.83.198.3
If there is a site in Asia or Japan, please tell us about it. Thanks!
You can also retrieve perl via non-ftp methods:
http://src.doc.ic.ac.uk/packages/perl5/ 146.169.17.5 gopher://src.doc.ic.ac.uk/0/packages/perl5/ 146.169.17.5
Other resources at this site: