in reply to older modules Vs. Latest perl 5.12

The latest version of Tk is available as a pre-compiled package on http://www.bribes.org/perl/ppm/. You can install that using ActiveState's ppm utility.

And if you happen not to use ActiveState Perl, you probably already have C-compiler on your machine so you can compile the package yourself, although nowadays even ActiveState installs the minGW C-compiler the first time you use cpan.

CountZero

A program should be light and agile, its subroutines connected like a string of pearls. The spirit and intent of the program should be retained throughout. There should be neither too little or too much, neither needless loops nor useless variables, neither lack of structure nor overwhelming rigidity." - The Tao of Programming, 4.1 - Geoffrey James

In Section Seekers of Perl Wisdom