Subject: Re: Which Perl?
From: [email-masked] (Allan Peda)

24 Jul 1998 15:38:39 -0700
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Try the following URL for a Cygwin build:

[InternetShortcut]
URL=http://www.qub.com/group/

and the "canonical release at:
http://www.perl.com/CPAN/ports/win32/Standard/x86

Also, word on the street is that 5.005 (ported by Gurusamy-pronounced
"urusamy" ) builds seamlessy on NT, although a friend of mine already
built 5.003 w/o a hitch on his NT 4 (srvcpk 3) lotsa hotfixes - machine.

The binary also includes perl/tk (perl5.00402-bindist04-bc.zip), which
is great for cross platform click here type dialogs, although the same
friend of mine swears by calling win dialog boxes using a different type
of approach (he says it's fast and easy- I'm clueless).

Good luck
Allan

[email-masked] wrote:
> 
> 
> 
>      Is there a precompiled perl for cygwin32?  I've checked CPAN, and
>      also the cygnus pages.  Also the mail archives.  Sorry if I've missed
>      it, but I'm somewhat overwhelmed by the quantity of data, and haven't
>      succeeded in finding the answer.
> 
>       I've found the patch file,  perl5_004_04_tar.gz, but I think the
>      site I downloaded this from says it is for beta 18.  (I'm using 19.1,
>      just installed).
> 
>      I'm new to NT and new to cygwin, so would prefer a precompiled version
>      of something as daunting as perl for now.
> 
>      John Velman
>      [email-masked]
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