Re: Effect of OS Platform choice for learning and doing Perl well

Perl will be easier to learn on linux. It runs better on linux, you can install modules easier on linux, linux comes with a free c compiler, which makes installing xs-based modules very easy. Tk will look and run better on linux. Gtk-perl will run better on linux. So I would say linux.

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Re^2: Effect of OS Platform choice for learning and doing Perl well by wazoox (Prior) on Sep 30, 2005 at 16:23 UTC
I'm a real true Linux believer, however I must say this isn't true. I'd used Perl on Linux, IRIX, Solaris, Mac OS X and Windows and it doesn't make much of a difference, really. OK, Windows generally sucks, but Open Perl IDE is really good, and ActiveState Perl is OK. So my advice is : go with Unix (Linux and OS X included). Stick with windows only if you have to.	[reply]