$ perl -V
Summary of my perl5 (revision 5 version 8 subversion 8) configuration:
  Platform:
    osname=aix, osvers=5.3.0.0, archname=aix-thread-multi
    uname='aix akash79 3 5 00011a85d600 '
    config_args='-desr -Dinstallprefix=/usr/opt/perl5 -Dprefix=/usr/opt/perl5 -Dcc=xlc_r -Duseshrplib -Dusethreads'
    hint=recommended, useposix=true, d_sigaction=define
    usethreads=define use5005threads=undef useithreads=define usemultiplicity=define
    useperlio=define d_sfio=undef uselargefiles=define usesocks=undef
    use64bitint=undef use64bitall=undef uselongdouble=undef
    usemymalloc=n, bincompat5005=undef
  Compiler:
    cc='cc_r', ccflags ='-D_ALL_SOURCE -D_ANSI_C_SOURCE -D_POSIX_SOURCE -qmaxmem=-1 -qnoansialias -DUSE_NATIVE_DLOPEN -DNEED_PTHREAD_INIT -q32 -D_LARGE_FILES -qlonglong',
    optimize='-O',
    cppflags='-D_ALL_SOURCE -D_ANSI_C_SOURCE -D_POSIX_SOURCE -qmaxmem=-1 -qnoansialias -DUSE_NATIVE_DLOPEN -DNEED_PTHREAD_INIT'
    ccversion='9.0.0.2', gccversion='', gccosandvers=''
    intsize=4, longsize=4, ptrsize=4, doublesize=8, byteorder=4321
    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, prototype=define
  Linker and Libraries:
    ld='ld', ldflags =' -brtl -bdynamic -b32'
    libpth=/lib /usr/lib /usr/ccs/lib
    libs=-lbind -lnsl -lgdbm -ldbm -ldb -ldl -lld -lm -lcrypt -lpthreads -lc -lbsd
    perllibs=-lbind -lnsl -ldl -lld -lm -lcrypt -lpthreads -lc -lbsd
    libc=, so=a, useshrplib=true, libperl=libperl.a
    gnulibc_version=''
  Dynamic Linking:
    dlsrc=dl_aix.xs, dlext=so, d_dlsymun=undef, ccdlflags='  -bE:/usr/opt/perl5/lib/5.8.8/aix-thread-multi/CORE/perl.exp'
    cccdlflags=' ', lddlflags='-bhalt:4 -bexpall -G -bnoentry -lpthreads -lc'


Characteristics of this binary (from libperl):
  Compile-time options: MULTIPLICITY PERL_IMPLICIT_CONTEXT
                        PERL_MALLOC_WRAP USE_ITHREADS USE_LARGE_FILES
                        USE_PERLIO USE_REENTRANT_API
  Built under aix
  Compiled at Jun  2 2009 16:11:40
  @INC:
    /usr/opt/perl5/lib/5.8.8/aix-thread-multi
    /usr/opt/perl5/lib/5.8.8
    /usr/opt/perl5/lib/site_perl/5.8.8/aix-thread-multi
    /usr/opt/perl5/lib/site_perl/5.8.8
    /usr/opt/perl5/lib/site_perl