Date: Sun, 25 Apr 1999 12:13:51 +0300 (IDT)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
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On Fri, 23 Apr 1999, Hubert Toullec wrote:

> I am a DJGPP Tools user since several years now.
> 
> I plan to begin to use the perl language but before, I would appreciate to
> have some advice on which distribution to use : the DJGPP or the ACTIVESTATE
> one ?

I don't know anything about the ACTIVESTATE distribution, but if it
isn't based on DJGPP, and if you use other DJGPP tools extensively,
you will be much better off sticking to the DJGPP version, because the
DJGPP version will work much better with other DJGPP tools.  Passing
long command lines between programs, support for Unix-style devices
like "/dev/null", seamless invocation of Unix shell scripts--these are
only some of the features you get if you use DJGPP tools
consistently.  At least some of them will break if you mix DJGPP
programs with other toolchains, due to incompatibilities in working
around DOS limitations.