You appear to be mis-informed... having a problem with orthography or spreading FUD about ActiveState.

C:\>perl -v
This is perl 5, version 16, ....


C:\>ppm search DBD-MySQL                 # Verbatim from preceding nod
+e
...
1: DBD-mysql
   A MySQL driver for the Perl5 Database Interface (DBI)
   Version: 4.022
   Released: 2012-08-30
   Repo: ActiveState Package Repository

2: DBD-mysqlPP
   Pure Perl MySQL driver for the DBI
   Version: 0.07
   Released: 2011-11-17
   Repo: ActiveState Package Repository

C:\>ppm search Win32::Gui
1: Win32-GUI
   Perl-Win32 Graphical User Interface Extension
   ...
   Repo: ActiveState Package Repository
   Link: http://ppm4.activestate.com/MSWin32-x86/5.16/1602/A/AC/ACALPI
+NI/Win32-GUI-0.0.558.ppmx
   CPAN: http://search.cpan.org/dist/Win32-GUI-0.0.558/

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If I've misconstrued your question or the logic needed to answer it, I offer my apologies to all those electrons which were inconvenienced by the creation of this post.

In reply to Re^5: Which is better: ActiveState or Strawberry Perl? by ww
in thread Which is better: ActiveState or Strawberry Perl? by Eldan Aranye

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