Re: Installing PERL in my PC

I would suggest getting a copy of CYGWIN. It runs great and emulates a *nix environment quite well. While you're at it, get a copy of Vim along with GVim. As far as Perl, along with most other OpenSource packages such as Berkeley DB and more, will compile under CIGWIN just fine with GCC. The version of GCC which comes with it will also bootstrap a new version of itself. I was running this quite well developing Perl programs and such until I put a copy of Linux and installed VMWare along with Oracle for Linux to do things the other way around. Works much better now and duplicates the work environment a bit better. My laptop has more power than most desktops, but I digress...

Mike
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(tye)Re2: Installing PERL in my PC by tye (Sage) on Feb 22, 2001 at 20:36 UTC
Although I like cygwin and also suggest that you grab it, it isn't always the best way to get Perl for Windows. It has the distinct advantage of running many Perl scripts that a native Win32 port of Perl will not [since native Win32 doesn't support alarm() nor fork() and the fork() emulation in Win32 Perl 5.6 is still pretty bad]. It has the distinct disadvantage of not allowing you to do Win32ish things (like access the Windows Registry or any other Win32-specific feature). It also will take a much longer time to download than an only-Perl install would (of course). It will also probably occasionally cause various minor problems if you try to use it from a cmd.exe prompt instead from a bash prompt. So if you plan to always use bash and don't care about using Perl for Win32-specific tasks, then cygwin's Perl is probably your best choice. Otherwise you probably want a native Win32 port of Perl, or both. - tye (but my friends call me "Tye")	[reply]

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(tye)Re2: Installing PERL in my PC
by tye (Sage) on Feb 22, 2001 at 20:36 UTC

Although I like cygwin and also suggest that you grab it, it isn't always the best way to get Perl for Windows. It has the distinct advantage of running many Perl scripts that a native Win32 port of Perl will not [since native Win32 doesn't support alarm() nor fork() and the fork() emulation in Win32 Perl 5.6 is still pretty bad]. It has the distinct disadvantage of not allowing you to do Win32ish things (like access the Windows Registry or any other Win32-specific feature). It also will take a much longer time to download than an only-Perl install would (of course). It will also probably occasionally cause various minor problems if you try to use it from a cmd.exe prompt instead from a bash prompt.

So if you plan to always use bash and don't care about using Perl for Win32-specific tasks, then cygwin's Perl is probably your best choice. Otherwise you probably want a native Win32 port of Perl, or both.

tye

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