Although I haven't used ActivePerl for UNIX / LINUX, I can say with some degree of comfort that I don't think ActiveState would take away the power that is Perl.

One of the great things about Perl is that, while you can write portable code, you can also take advantage of the platform it runs on.

They would be doing Perl and themselves injustice if they took away useful features.

Besides, it's Perl. Nothing will change that for now.

Mick