Perl on Win32 platform

NeoPerl has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

As a newbie in Perl, I'd like to experiment a lot by changing few statements and looking at the output. But I do not have a leased line and hence can't use another hosting server on the internet just for testing purposes all the time. Searching for a perl interpreter on Win32, I have found ActivePerl. Can you suggest any others which are smaller and equally (or slightly less) efficient?

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Re: Perl on Win32 platform by OeufMayo (Curate) on Dec 28, 2000 at 20:31 UTC
There are indeed Perl binaries other than ActiveState. I'm actually using a binaries from this site, which has perl, mod_perl, apache and open_ssl. IndigoStar also provide a Perl binary, which comes with an Apache server, and is compatible with the Activestate's PPMs. But if you're beginning with Perl, you may find the Activestate distribution a lot easier to install than the two other one... Just my 2cents... <kbd>-- PerlMonger::Paris(http => 'paris.pm.org');</kbd>	[reply]
Re: Perl on Win32 platform by cianoz (Friar) on Dec 28, 2000 at 19:57 UTC
I don't know of any other perl for win32 out there (may there are, i don't know..), but whait, where is the issue? the size of the download? it's just 8 megs and you have to download it _once_! (well, if you ignore updates...) remember if you don't have windows installer you need to get it first	[reply]