You might also be interested in Strawberry Perl - http://win32.perl.org/wiki/index.php?title=Strawberry_Perl - its motivation is to provide a Perl that "just works" on Windows, including a compile chain to build XS modules. Currently it's

• Perl 5.8.8
• Mingw GCC C/C++ compiler
• Dmake "make" tool
• ExtUtils::CBuilder and ExtUtils::ParseXS
• Bundle::CPAN (including Perl modules that largely eliminate the need for external helper programs like gzip and tar)
• Bundle::LWP (providing more reliable http CPAN repository support)
• Additional Perl modules that enhance the stability of core Perl for the Win32 platform

Disclaimer: I'm not a Windows guy, so you'd have to try it and see what you think. It gives, I think, the advantages of Cygwin without the full Cygwin load of other stuff.

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