RE: Best perl on windows?

2002-01-03 Thread Aaron Shurts
I use ActivePerl on Windows and it is fine. http://www.activeperl.com/Products/Download/Get.plex?id=ActivePerl It is basically the same as programming on Linux, however you have to know all the funny little Windows nuances, but the PERL syntax is the same. For example you can't do @my_array = `ca

RE: Best perl on windows?

2002-01-03 Thread Wagner-David
I use ActiveState and have for about 4 to 5 years. It seems work well. I have another machine which I do Perl on, but will do it first on the pc and then tweak with changes for my other machine. Except for how a directory or file is named, they work the same. I used MKS ToolKit at one

RE: Best perl on windows?

2002-01-03 Thread Gary Hawkins
> is basically the same as programming on Linux, however you have to know > all the funny little Windows nuances, but the PERL syntax is the same. > For example you can't do @my_array = `cat $filename` because cat doesn't > exist on a Windows box. Then what he left unsaid is you would do @my_arra

RE: Best perl on windows?

2002-01-04 Thread coe smythe
lt it would be, and whether or not anyone advises strictly against it. Thanks. >From: Wagner-David <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: "'coe smythe'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: RE: Best perl on windows? >Date: Thu, 3 Jan 2002 11:51:21 -0800 &g