On 8/2/2010 5:47 AM, Daniel Carrera wrote: > On Mon, Aug 2, 2010 at 11:28 AM, Chris Marshall<[email protected]> wrote: >> I would add Strawberry Perl at http://strawberryperl.com/ >> which is designed to be an open source perl for win32 that >> is as compatible with posix platform perls. >> Since it is open source, I would give it first billing. > > How do you do a binary install with Strawberry Perl? All other things > being equal I will favour Strawberry over Active Perl. But for me the > priorities are: > > 1. Instructions that are correct an reliable. > 2. Instructions that are simple. > > Does Strawberry Perl come with ppm? Do the binary instructions still > work with it? If not, can you give me an alternate list of equally > simple instructions to do the binary installation?
Strawberry perl comes with cpan, ppm, and the MinGW gcc stuff---so the full perl development environment comes with it. > For the sake of simplicity, my vote is to suggest either Strawberry or > Active Perl, but not both. And if the instructions for Strawberry Perl > are difficult or confusing, I feel compelled to pick Active. Don't make a big deal about this. I think just adding the link for strawberry perl alongside the active perl is enough for now. Cheers, Chris _______________________________________________ Perldl mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.jach.hawaii.edu/mailman/listinfo/perldl
