Perl has lots of modules that have nothing to do with *NIX. To use those modules you need make. Let me give you an example. Consider the Template module.

The PPM for Template is listed as 1.11(from Activestate), the current version on CPAN is 2.19. I was using version 2.15 recently and came across a bug in which it does not like to using DateTime modules in the template itself( example: can be found here). The answer was to use the XS version of Template The XS version requires make(refer to Corion's post for clarity), nmake did not work. I tried to find a compiled version, and in the Template tarball the INSTALL file refers to a web site that is about 4 years out of date. I got lucky, the bug was fixed in the non-XS version of Template in 2.19, but these sorts of situations can be common.

More than a few times I have had to go back and forth between CPAN and PPM trying to get a combination of modules from either or to get the functionality that I want. It is not fun.

In reply to Re^3: Perl for Windows ? by Herkum
in thread Perl for Windows ? by jflevi

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