Re^2: What's the best Perl for Win7?

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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)

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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]

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