I recently started learning perl, I switched to Linux and realized that I had a perl interpreter and decided to put it to some good use.
Good idea. Putting Perl to good use is not only fun, it's also a great way to learn stuff.
Anyway, it occured to me how much more cool Linux is than Windows becuase I could not make Windows run a perl interpreter
Most Linux distros come with Perl out of the box, as does any other decent modern operating system these days, but it's available for Windows, and in fact I learned Perl on a Windows 95 system at first. You have your choice of ActiveState Perl, which has better Windows integration, or Cygwin, which is a complete POSIX environment. Which one is better depends on whether you want to use Perl for doing Windows stuff like interfacing with MS Office (in that case, choose ActivePerl) or for running Perl code that was really written for *nix (in that case, you want Cygwin). Of course, if you're on a Linux-based system then you just use the Perl that came with your distribution usually. It's also generally easier to get CPAN working on Linux than under Windows (though it's possible with Cygwin).
my first big project to test my skills is to rebuild DOS using perl
All of DOS, or just the command interpreter?
In reply to Re: My First Perl Project
by jonadab
in thread My First Perl Project
by CloneArmyCommander
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