I installed Active Perl v5.8.0 build 806 for Windows and I can't seem to run the debugger. It looks like the debugger has a bug. I must be missing something. I can run my program w/o the dubuger with no problem. See the output below. Can someone help me out? Thanks in advance! 
C:\Scripts>perl -v

This is perl, v5.8.0 built for MSWin32-x86-multi-thread
(with 1 registered patch, see perl -V for more detail)

Copyright 1987-2002, Larry Wall

Binary build 806 provided by ActiveState Corp. http://www.ActiveState.
+com
Built 00:45:44 Mar 31 2003


Perl may be copied only under the terms of either the Artistic License
+ or the
GNU General Public License, which may be found in the Perl 5 source ki
+t.

Complete documentation for Perl, including FAQ lists, should be found 
+on
this system using `man perl' or `perldoc perl'.  If you have access to
+ the
Internet, point your browser at http://www.perl.com/, the Perl Home Pa
+ge.


C:\Scripts>type count.pl
$string = 'U|Table|col1|col2|col3|last|';
$count++ while $string =~ /\|/g;
print "Count: ($count)\n";

C:\Scripts>perl count.pl
Count: (6)

C:\Scripts>perl -d count.pl
Unable to connect to remote host: 127.0.0.1:2000
Compilation failed in require.
        main::BEGIN() called at C:/Perl/lib/perl5db.pl line 0
        eval {...} called at C:/Perl/lib/perl5db.pl line 0
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted.

C:\TwScripts>

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