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 ...