Re^3: [OT] Windows VMs under Linux for running Perl.

Wine provides that functionality.

For simple C programs, sometimes I use the MinGW-w64 compiler available in Ubuntu as a cross-compiler, and then test the generated binaries on top of Wine.

Though, the last time I tried to install Strawberry Perl under Wine it failed.

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Re^4: [OT] Windows VMs under Linux for running Perl. by BrowserUk (Patriarch) on Dec 20, 2016 at 10:21 UTC
I did look briefly at Wine. It is an heroic effort, but wherever I looked there were reminders of its limitations. A Linux hosted Windows VM just seems like the better bet. With the rise and rise of 'Social' network sites: 'Computers are making people easier to use everyday' Examine what is said, not who speaks -- Silence betokens consent -- Love the truth but pardon error. "Science is about questioning the status quo. Questioning authority". The enemy of (IT) success is complexity. In the absence of evidence, opinion is indistinguishable from prejudice.	[reply]

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Re^4: [OT] Windows VMs under Linux for running Perl.
by BrowserUk (Patriarch) on Dec 20, 2016 at 10:21 UTC

I did look briefly at Wine. It is an heroic effort, but wherever I looked there were reminders of its limitations. A Linux hosted Windows VM just seems like the better bet.

With the rise and rise of 'Social' network sites: 'Computers are making people easier to use everyday'

Examine what is said, not who speaks -- Silence betokens consent -- Love the truth but pardon error.

"Science is about questioning the status quo. Questioning authority". The enemy of (IT) success is complexity.

In the absence of evidence, opinion is indistinguishable from prejudice.

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