How Can I Compile Perl Using Microsoft Visual Studio 6?

sierrathedog04 has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

Years ago I used to compile and run Perl using the Borland C++ 4 Integrated Development Environment.

I would like to be able to compile Perl using the Visual Studio which came with Microsoft Visual C++ 6. If anyone has succeeded in configuring Visual Studio 6 to compile Perl I would really appreciate some help.

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(tye)Re: How Can I Compile Perl Using Microsoft Visual Studio 6? by tye (Sage) on Jan 28, 2001 at 12:00 UTC
Last time I compiled Perl w/ Visual Studio I just followed the directions and it worked fine. Did you have some kind of problem? - tye (but my friends call me "Tye")	[reply]
Re: (tye)Re: How Can I Compile Perl Using Microsoft Visual Studio 6? by sierrathedog04 (Hermit) on Jan 28, 2001 at 18:13 UTC
Could you be a little more specific? What directions? I don't see them in the Visual C++ 6 online help, and a search of Google on the terms Visual Studio Perl got me references to the effect that everyone else is doing it, but not me! The story of my life, if someone remembers where the directions are I would really appreciate it.	[reply]
(tye)Re2: How Can I Compile Perl Using Microsoft Visual Studio 6? by tye (Sage) on Jan 28, 2001 at 21:06 UTC
Download the Perl source code distribution and unpack it. You'll find a file called PORTING that describes how to compile Perl. In the case of Win32, you will fairly quickly be redirected to another file (README.Win32, I think) which should describe how to compile Perl using several different platforms including Visual Studio. - tye (but my friends call me "Tye")	[reply]