Actually, 'cl' is the MS C(++) compiler supplied with Microsoft Visual Studio. By default, if ActiveState Perl on Windows can't find a compiler in your path, this is what it assumes for 'perl -V:cc'. It seems to search your path in order for either 'cl' or 'gcc'. I have both MSVC++ and MinGW installed on Windows XP with ActiveState 5.10.1 (note: the 'which' command below is a Windows batch file found at Re: One Bizarre Perl Problem)

C:\> REM cl and gcc not in my path

C:\> which cl
'cl' not found.

C:\> which gcc
'gcc' not found.

C:\> perl -V:cc
cc='cl';

C:\> REM append gcc directory to path

C:\> path %PATH%;c:\Dev-Cpp\bin

C:\> which gcc
c:\Dev-Cpp\bin\gcc.exe

C:\> perl -V:cc
Set up gcc environment - 3.4.2 (mingw-special)
cc='c:/Dev-Cpp/bin/gcc.exe';

C:\> REM prepend cl directory to path

C:\> path C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\VC\bin;%PATH%

C:\> which cl
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\VC\bin\cl.exe

C:\> perl -V:cc
cc='cl';

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For ActiveState, the best (easiest, cheapest) way to go is:

ppm install MinGW
ppm install dmake

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In reply to Re^3: Compiling xs and c for Lingua::Stem::Snowball. by VinsWorldcom
in thread Compiling xs and c for Lingua::Stem::Snowball. by KillahFlippah

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