I just installed Strawberry Perl 64 bit on a new laptop with an i3 as the processor. All is dandy except Win32::API cannot be compiled.

Although 32 bit applications run fine on such a computer (altough probably emulated), I can understand you cannot call 32 bit XS modules directly from within a 64 bit app...

But that also implies that the lower level Windows API functions (at least the 32 bit versions), are not available from within Perl.

Is there a workaround, like a "thunking layer", which was a solution back in the time when trying to run 16 bit applications on 32 bits Windows? (update: probably not)

Or is there a module like Win32::API but for 64 bits — and if so, how compatible is it, on the source level, for calling API functions? I can't seem to find anything... Is anything in the works?

update There was some discussion about starting up a porting project on the now defunct use.perl.org, in a post of almost 2 years ago. My, my, how time flies.

In reply to Win32::API on 64 bits Windows Perl? by bart

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