The latter, however, isn't available through ASPN, so not so good for ActivePerl/Windows users.
Thats strange, I was able to use PPM to download and install both Text::xSV and Text::CSV_XS. I'm using ActiveState Perl 5.8 (Build 806) on Windows XP Home Edition
TStanley
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