Re: perl, v5.8.7 Windows 2003 PPM 3.3


"John Bokma" <john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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> > A better
> > alternative is (imho) to install dmake and the MinGW compiler - both
> > of which are freely available,
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> as is nmake, and Microsoft's C/C++ compiler...
>

MSVC++6.0 (which is the recommended Microsoft compiler to use with
ActiveState perl) is *not* freely available. There is certainly a free
version of the Microsoft C/C++ compiler and you can seek out and download
all of the bits and pieces if you so desire - and use it to build your own
perl. But it's not a good idea to use *that* compiler with ActiveState-built
perl.

By contrast, MinGW and dmake are straightforward downloads (and work easily
with ActiveState perl if you don't want to use them to build your own perl).
I recommend that approach ahead of the free Microsoft C/C++ compiler (mainly
on the bases of ease of installation, and milage) ... but no-one is under
any obligation to take any notice of what I recommend.

Cheers,
Rob


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