I'm just getting started with perl, and I have a system running Win 98. Well, I went perusing the oh-so-helpful world wide web :/ and found what I *thought* would help get me started. >( I found LOADS of sites, perl tutorials, code snippets, and "what you need to get started" fun, but now I have a 181Mb directory full of great things like perl561, gcc 3.1, dmake 4.01, bzip2-102-x86-win32.exe and a BUNCH of readme.whatever files to look at, and I'm - still - no closer to knowing what to do than I was two days ago when I started my search. I'm ready to grovel in front of anyone who can help me, but not just point me in the right direction, because as you can see, I'm *headed* that way already, only the light is dim and the path is covered with shrubbery. :/ I need someone to lay it out for me...at least what I need to do to start doing some programming. I'm familiar with c, c++, visual c++, a smidgen of basic, lots of html, some java & javascript, so I just need to get to the starting blocks :D Anyhow, I need help *sniff sniffle* :(

In reply to Perl on Windows 98...? by Big Ego

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