E:\>cl.exe -DWIN32 -I"C:\Perl\lib\CORE" C:\Perl\lib\CORE\perl58.lib -o perl_inc.exe perl_inc.c Microsoft (R) 32-bit C/C++ Optimizing Compiler Version 12.00.8168 for 80x86 Copyright (C) Microsoft Corp 1984-1998. All rights reserved. perl_inc.c C:\Perl\lib\CORE\sys/types.h(20) : fatal error C1083: Cannot open include file:'_ansi.h': No such file or directory #### #include int main() { printf("Hello World\n"); return 0; } #### E:\>cl.exe -DWIN32 -I"C:\Perl\lib\CORE" C:\Perl\lib\CORE\perl58.lib -o hello.exe hello.c Microsoft (R) 32-bit C/C++ Optimizing Compiler Version 12.00.8168 for 80x86 Copyright (C) Microsoft Corp 1984-1998. All rights reserved. hello.c Microsoft (R) Incremental Linker Version 6.00.8168 Copyright (C) Microsoft Corp 1992-1998. All rights reserved. /out:hello.exe /out:hello.exe C:\Perl\lib\CORE\perl58.lib hello.obj LINK : fatal error LNK1104: cannot open file "LIBC.lib"