Oh wiser ones, I have ActiveState's Perl on my XP box & I've coded 3 programs...now I have the perl bug...really bad. Long term plans include porting to a rather "obscure proprietary OS", but thats down the road. For now, I have a CompaQ Server that has SCO SystemV running on it, what would be the best/easiest perl to install? I don't feel I'm ready to build my own yet, but I would like to dev & learn on the SCO box. AS & CPAN show a download for Linux, HP-UX, & AIX, But I don't see any SCO. Should I attempt the build?, replace the SCO OS?,... Your insite would be invaluable as always. Thanks.