c:\test>perl -V Summary of my perl5 (revision 5 version 10 subversion 0) configuration: Platform: osname=MSWin32, osvers=5.2, archname=MSWin32-x64-multi-thread uname='' config_args='undef' hint=recommended, useposix=true, d_sigaction=undef useithreads=define, usemultiplicity=define useperlio=define, d_sfio=undef, uselargefiles=define, usesocks=undef use64bitint=define, use64bitall=undef, uselongdouble=undef usemymalloc=n, bincompat5005=undef Compiler: cc='cl', ccflags ='-nologo -GF -W3 -MD -Zi -DNDEBUG -Ox -GL -fp:precise -DWI optimize='-MD -Zi -DNDEBUG -Ox -GL -Wp64 -fp:precise', cppflags='-DWIN32' ccversion='14.00.40310.41', gccversion='', gccosandvers='' intsize=4, longsize=4, ptrsize=8, doublesize=8, byteorder=12345678 d_longlong=undef, longlongsize=8, d_longdbl=define, longdblsize=10 ivtype='__int64', ivsize=8, nvtype='double', nvsize=8, Off_t='__int64', lsee alignbytes=8, prototype=define Linker and Libraries: ld='link', ldflags ='-nologo -nodefaultlib -debug -opt:ref,icf -ltcg -libpa libpth=\lib libs= oldnames.lib kernel32.lib user32.lib gdi32.lib winspool.lib comdlg32 perllibs= oldnames.lib kernel32.lib user32.lib gdi32.lib winspool.lib comd libc=msvcrt.lib, so=dll, useshrplib=true, libperl=perl510.lib gnulibc_version='' Dynamic Linking: dlsrc=dl_win32.xs, dlext=dll, d_dlsymun=undef, ccdlflags=' ' cccdlflags=' ', lddlflags='-dll -nologo -nodefaultlib -debug -opt:ref,icf -l Characteristics of this binary (from libperl): Compile-time options: MULTIPLICITY PERL_DONT_CREATE_GVSV PERL_IMPLICIT_CONTEXT PERL_IMPLICIT_SYS PERL_MALLOC_WRAP PL_OP_SLAB_ALLOC USE_64_BIT_INT USE_ITHREADS USE_LARGE_FILES USE_PERLIO USE_SITECUSTOMIZE Locally applied patches: ActivePerl Build 1006 [291086] 32728 64-bit fix for Time::Local Built under MSWin32 Compiled at Aug 24 2009 13:45:20 @INC: C:/Perl64/site/lib C:/Perl64/lib .