building 64 bit perl on a 32 bit windows machine

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Re: building 64 bit perl on a 32 bit windows machine by BrowserUk (Patriarch) on Sep 17, 2008 at 16:48 UTC
Do you mean cross-compile it to run on a 64-bit machine or somehow magically run 64-bit perl on a 32-bit machine? Examine what is said, not who speaks -- Silence betokens consent -- Love the truth but pardon error. "Science is about questioning the status quo. Questioning authority". In the absence of evidence, opinion is indistinguishable from prejudice. "Too many [] have been sedated by an oppressive environment of political correctness and risk aversion."	[reply]
Re^2: building 64 bit perl on a 32 bit windows machine by Anonymous Monk on Sep 17, 2008 at 17:04 UTC
Yes, cross-compiling is what I meant. I should have been more clear.	[reply]
Re^3: building 64 bit perl on a 32 bit windows machine by BrowserUk (Patriarch) on Sep 17, 2008 at 17:18 UTC
Apparently Visual Studio 2005 .NET Framework2 can "cross-compile to any Windows platform including x86-64 and Itaniuum". The codename to search for is "Whidbey". But I think you might be the first to try it with Perl? Examine what is said, not who speaks -- Silence betokens consent -- Love the truth but pardon error. "Science is about questioning the status quo. Questioning authority". In the absence of evidence, opinion is indistinguishable from prejudice. "Too many [] have been sedated by an oppressive environment of political correctness and risk aversion."	[reply]