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Corect me if I'm wrong (probably I am to some point) but from the list that you wrote, most have Perl ... yet Windows doesnt have Perl.

And overall, weither we like it or not, Windows has most desktop users (personal computers, in companies) ...
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Re^5: Possibility of Perl running on Java VM?
by Transient (Hermit) on Jun 17, 2005 at 19:14 UTC
    Perl on Win32:

    http://www.activestate.com/

    Java on Win32:

    http://java.sun.com/j2ee/1.4/download.html#sdk

    This release of the J2EE 1.4 SDK and the Sun Java System Application Server is available for the following platforms:
    • Solaris 8 SPARC
    • Solaris 9, 10 (SPARC and x86)
    • Sun Java Desktop System
    • Windows 2000 Advanced Server
    • Windows XP
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1, 3.0
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      Yes there is ActiveState for Windows, I it's not only Perl distribution for windows. I for instace have IndigoPerl from IndigoStar.com - It's nice convinient bundle of Apache and Perl and it's compatible with ActiveState (can use PPM's ...)

      I seem to again have problem of explaining myself and my tougths:|

      How many ordinary people (desktop users) know about Perl?
      How many of them know about Java?

      How many of them have Java installed?
      How many of them have Perl installed

      Am I any more clear now?

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        Crystal :)

        Yes, when it boils down to it, (I would say that) Java has better PR among casual users.

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