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Because windows 2003 is a 32bit system

I am far from an expert on this topic, but my understanding (admittedly, just from Wikipedia) is that there is a 64-bit edition as well. If you have experience with Windows Server 2003, can you say if a 64-bit Perl wouldn't work on a 64-bit edition?

Don't use the latest perl, consider 5.20 or 5.22

Why?

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by xiaoyafeng (Deacon) on Jul 20, 2018 at 01:43 UTC

    I am far from an expert on this topic, but my understanding (admittedly, just from Wikipedia) is that there is a 64-bit edition as well.

    well, originally, windows 2003 has only 32bit edition, and lately Microsoft add a windows 2003 64bit extended edition.

    Why?

    because of GD, IIRC, the older GD (like 2.5x) only run correctly on windows 5.20, 5.22. he can install the same version GD on windows 2003 to new windows to avoid API changing.


    I am trying to improve my English skills, if you see a mistake please feel free to reply or /msg me a correction

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      Looks like it's building fine on modern perls. It is also as part of Strawberry Perl by default.

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        You mean it , is GD 2.68, it seems can be built on most of stable version on windows, but if you choose 2.60, 2.58,etc (below the matrix page) you will see the difference.


        I am trying to improve my English skills, if you see a mistake please feel free to reply or /msg me a correction

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      Thanks for the info. It looks like some older versions of GD indeed did have some trouble, at least with their tests. matro made a good point too: Strawberry Perl ships with GD, as far back as 5.8.9.4, with GD 2.44.

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