First off: I'm no programmer.

Background: Back when I had a G4 running MacOS 8.(x), I had some friends write a Perl program that allowed me to do random language generation using my own recursive regex rules (not Markov chains). The Mac is now gone, as is its copy of MacPerl, but I still have that Perl program (and the rules files) on a CD archive. When I first got this Win7Pro computer, I looked for a simple Perl IDE to run it, but only found higher-end ones with so many features it gave me brainfreeze, so I gave up.

My question is: Is there anything that can run Perl in Win7 that is bare-bones dirt-simple no-configure one-click-install? All I need is one window to paste the program and one to see the text-only output; no graphics, modules, or other bells & whistles.

In reply to MacPerl Replacement for a non-programmer? by Anonymous Monk

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