Could you provide the output of 'perl -V' and tell us which compiler you're using. I hope you aren't using that free command line version of Visual Studio 7 that Microsoft have made available ... or that if you are using that compiler, then you have built your perl using that compiler.
Sorry - when I go back and look at your original post, it seems you are using that free compiler. (I would still like to see 'perl -V', however.) Could the problem be with nmake v1.50 ? I think there should be a more recent version of nmake that came with one of the other packages that you downloaded. If so maybe give it a try instead.
Cheers, Rob
Comment on Re^4: New PDL problem on Windows XP SP2
Thanks a million.
You gave the sollution!
The nmake version (1.5) was not good.
I verified and noticed that Microsoft Platform SDK also had an nmake. When I used this one, it worked :-)
I did had to turn off slatec, but that's fine for me.
The new PDL version compiles ok with windows XP SP2 if you use the free tools.