Care to try 0.09_01, which is now hitting CPAN? I've split out the generation of command-line switches so it can easily be overridden for VMS. So compile() might work now. link() and friends haven't been touched, though.
When Perl is run in the GNV environment, it is likely that a future modification will be to have it use the Bash shell.
The CC command when run under the BASH shell expects UNIX syntax.
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