On Fri, May 23, 2008 at 12:07 PM, Mark Dootson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I must confess, I've not quite got my head around what makes Strawberry Perl > more 'UNIX like' so at the moment ActivePerl + MinGW (or a compiler of your > choice) seems more or less equivalent to Strawberry Perl to me. I'm prepared > to be trampled under the rush to correct this perception though :)
For one, Strawberry gives you the compiler as part of the installation. You don't have to go find MinGW, figure out which packages you need, and so on. It's compiler-enabled right away. Also, when it first came out, ActiveState was not as friendly to MinGW as it is now. And generally, ActiveState pushes the PPM graphical installer approach to module installation, whereas Strawberry Perl pushes the CPAN approach -- to the point of auto configuring it, They've been getting closer in functionality over time. One of the benefits of friendly competition. :-) David
