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My apologies to the OP. I was under the impression that AS's 5.10 build was with a newer compiler. I've no idea where I got that from though. :(

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Re^4: Creating a perl module on windows
by syphilis (Archbishop) on Nov 12, 2009 at 10:03 UTC
    I was under the impression that AS's 5.10 build was with a newer compiler

    Their 64-bit builds of perl-5.8 and perl-5.10 are with a "newer compiler", but it's still a compiler that uses msvcrt.dll.

    ActiveState does have a rationale for using compilers that use the msvcrt.dll ... I'm sure I've seen explanations about this from Jan Dubois ... but I forget the actual reasoning, or where I've seen it presented. Anyone here know ?

    And apparently there's a version of Visual Studio 2008 kicking around that uses msvcrt.dll instead of msvcr90.dll (might be 64-bit only ... not sure) - which just adds another dimension to the oonfusion :-)

    Cheers,
    Rob

    Update: I just had to replace a "They're" with a "Their" (at the beginning of this post) ... it's hard for me to accept that my brain has deteriorated to such an extent ... next stop, incontinence ...
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