Stevieb, Thanks for pointing out the no-install portable version of Strawberry Perl for Windows. What I am actually looking for is a tiny, minimal Perl interpreter, in a single file, suited for one to learn the basics of a programming language. Something with the kind of functionality of the early versions of BASIC, and taking about a few hundred KB would do fine. The portable version of Strawberry Perl at 148 MB seems to be a well-endowed version of Perl, more suited to meet higher level demands. - Anonymous Monk
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It's a full modern build of perl, with lots of helpful extras. Sounds like your requirements are quite specific. Obtaining old versions of Perl links to downloads of ancient versions of perl. Alternatively Run Perl 5 in the Browser! o