Hi Bill,

Strawberry also offers a portable version, where everything is contained within a specific directory tree and nothing is changed to your system.

In other words, you can install it and test it without having to decide immediately whether you really want to switch.

Personally, when working on Windows (i.e. only at home, where I really need a Windows box because I am using some proprietary software applications that only exist on Windows and Mac, but not on Linux)), I prefer using Cygwin (because I prefer a Unix-like environment with a real shell and Unix commands), but I have both ActiveState and Strawberry installed on my PC, Strawberry is really better in terms of module management, IMHO.

Anyway, the bottom line is that, with portable Strawberry, you can test it without having to decide to change immediately.

In reply to Re^3: Win32::API in perl v5.20.2 by Laurent_R
in thread Win32::API in perl v5.20.2 by BillKSmith

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