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Nokia 770 now has Perl

mako132 on 2006-07-21T19:24:56

I was surprised to discover that the 2006 OS version of the Nokia 770 Internet Tablet now has perl:

Nokia770-26:~# perl -v

This is perl, v5.8.3 built for arm-linux-gnueabi-thread-multi

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jarkko announced that

hfb on 2006-07-22T06:48:41

2 years ago :) http://www.newlc.com/First-demo-of-Perl-for-Series-60.html though with the amount of bureaucracy at Nokia, it's a miracle it ever got into the handset OS.

Re:jarkko announced that

jesse on 2006-07-23T04:26:30

Nope. Nokia 770 != Series 60. The 770 is a linux webpad.

Re:jarkko announced that

hfb on 2006-07-25T11:20:21

It's still a Nokia handset.....Without Jarkko, it's reasonably likely that it would never have gotten onto the phones at all, much less ported to the series 60. It may be linux, but that doesn't mean that some poor asshole(s) inside Nokia doesn't have to do due diligence on each and every package for licensing and, as I recall, there were some problems way back when with the perl artistic license.

Damn! And I just nearly got one

renodino on 2006-07-22T21:58:40

I was this close to buying a 770, but my past experience with the Zaurus ...and my experience tracking down a functional Perl for the 770...forced me to reconsider and get a fancy WinMobile smartphone instead.

<sigh/> But I think I made the right decision, cuz the 770 really needs a camera!