Figure 1: Porting perl

% ftp ftp.uu.net
Connected to ftp.uu.net.
220 ftp.UU.NET FTP server ready.
Name (ftp.uu.net:rshill): anonymous
331 Guest login ok, send your complete e-mail address as password.
Password:
230 Guest login ok, access restrictions apply.

ftp> cd /languages/perl
250 CWD command successful.

ftp> get perl.tar.gz
200 PORT command successful.
150 Opening ASCII mode data connection for perl.tar.gz (586178 bytes).
226 Transfer complete.
local: perl.tar.gz remote: perl.tar.gz
588401 bytes received in 6.4e+02 seconds (0.9 Kbytes/s)

ftp> quit
221 Goodbye.

%  zcat perl.tar.gz | tar xvf -
%  cd perl-4.036
%  more README
%  ./Configure
%  make
%  make install