Rob Dixon wrote: > But the version he already has installed is free too, and there's probably nothing > wrong with it! > > > So, thaz more important does Kenneth still is looking in this thread, rather than > > me. I am not sure if he gave me further reply or not. But I sure that if he think > > have to pay for Perl and giving it up, thaz a LOSS. > > > > Are you still here Kenneth? Feel free to go on if you need any help =) > > I also got a personal mail from Ken, saying that he had found and downloaded > Perl from ActiveState. But he also said that he had found strict.pm in his > installation, > and I am very wary of encouraging an upgrade when it isn't necessary. Is the > build of Perl that's installed with Oracle even an ActiveState version? If > not there may be a number of differences apart from the Perl release version > which Oracle relies on in some way. > > Rob
Hi Rob, I am going to take issue with you on this one, on general principle. Oracle does not have the best interests of Perl programmers in mind. There is really no good reason for someone interested in Perl programmeing to settle for a default bundled version of Perl. As a support technician, I frequently come across bundled versions of standard utilities that are simply inadequate. Either they are outdated, or they only install the subset of functionalities neded for that one program. Only as a last resort, for software that simply cannot run without obsolete versions of such utilities, will I accede to the default install. Much better to install each basic application discretely. Oracle is not among the standard sources for a good Perl installation. It may be that some configuaration changes in Oracle will be required in order to accomodate a antive Perl. Better to do that than to cripple along on a quirky non-standard special-purpose Perl. It is also possible that the Oracle installation is set to use its own Perl under any circumstances. If not, and if it cannot accomodate the presence of a current full version of Perl, then Oracle is broken and needs to be fixed. Under any circumstances, I would recommend that a person starting into perl start out with the current, and full version, from a Perl-oriented source. Joseph -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
