From: "David Ehresmann" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
ActivePerl-5.10.0.1004-MSWin32-x86-287188
Is this the best path or choice to install perl on windows?
It depends on what you want to do in perl, but generally ActivePerl is the
best choice for Windows.
What is the difference between learning perl on windows vs. unix?
Not many differences.
I create the programs under Windows, and with the exception of the desktop
programs created with WxPerl or Win32::GUI, I run most other programs under
Linux, and they work fine.
Even if you run the programs under Windows, they can have a Unix end of
line, and this is recommended, because those programs can run under Linux
without any change.
(I use TextPad as an editor, and it allows setting the end of line for each
file type that it creates.)
You can use / as a path separator even under Windows, and this is also
recommended because it is portable for Unix also.
Even under Windows you will be able to use the cpan command to install perl
modules from CPAN, but if the modules that need to be installed contain C
code, you must have a C compiler like the one from Visual Studio but I think
mingw also works.
You can also install precompiled perl modules from a few repositories using
the ppm command.
Octavian
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