Re: What's the best Perl for Win7?

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Re^2: What's the best Perl for Win7? by ikegami (Patriarch) on Jun 27, 2011 at 03:44 UTC
ActivePerl also comes with mingw, and has for quite some time. (Specifically, `cpan` will automatically install it if it needs it.) Strawberry Perl: Comes with mingw No choice of installation directory Modules can be installed using `cpan` (compile your own) ActivePerl: Comes with mingw Works with MS's compiler Choice of installation directory (which means you can have more than one version installed) Modules can be installed using `cpan` (compile your own) or `ppm` (pre-compiled)	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^3: What's the best Perl for Win7? by AnomalousMonk (Archbishop) on Jun 27, 2011 at 04:20 UTC
Strawberry 5.12 has the ability to install to an arbitrary directory, and I believe the intention is to maintain this ability in future releases.	[reply]
Re^4: What's the best Perl for Win7? by Anonymous Monk on Jun 27, 2011 at 04:31 UTC
ActivePerl also has this ability, and has had it since forever. It is trivially implemented. There is also http://www.citrusperl.com/	[reply]
Re^4: What's the best Perl for Win7? by Petras (Friar) on Jul 03, 2011 at 18:31 UTC
Hmmm, looks like this one is still debated. Good thing I didn't ask, "what isTheBestWay to write_variable_names?" :~) I'm thinking Active Perl at this point. I didn't know if there was something new to consider in light of Win7. Thanks!	[reply]
Re^3: What's the best Perl for Win7? by Sewi (Friar) on Jun 27, 2011 at 09:34 UTC
Strawberry Professional / Strawberry with Cream also include additional modules and tools (like Padre, the Perl IDE).	[reply]
Re^2: What's the best Perl for Win7? by marto (Cardinal) on Jun 27, 2011 at 08:52 UTC
Note that Strawberry Perl also ships with PPM. ActiveState Perl ships with cpan. Compile/build tools (MinGW etc) can be installed for ActiveState by typing `ppm install MinGW` at the command prompt.	[reply] [d/l]