in reply to Re^7: Perl pp fails to create executable
in thread Perl pp fails to create executable

With your help, I have got 'pp' to work. Here is a brief summary of steps (for those who will follow in my path): 

(1) installed ActiveState Perl 5.12.3
(2) ppm install MinGW
(3) cpan pp

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Thanks to you all, especially marto. Cheers!

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