Re: [MacPerl] Perl Usage Survey -[veering OT]

[Dave Schmitt <dschmi1@umbc.edu>]

On Fri, 6 Nov 1998, Chris Nandor wrote:

> At 10.53 -0500 1998.11.06, Rich Morin wrote:
> >Actually, as I understand it, the Windows ports have been pretty
> >insipid until recently, so the standangs MAY be a reflection of
> 
> The Windows port has been good for about a year, since Sarathy put out
> perl5.004_02 for Win32.  And now there is just one Windows perl, available
> only from ActiveState.

But hasn't Win32 been integrated into the core distribution so that you can
compile it yourself on Win32?

> Note it is NOT available on CPAN.  I cannot figure this out, it is bugging me.

The ActiveState port isn't on CPAN anymore, but the standard build is. 
Using a local CPAN mirror to me, I found happy perl for win32 binaries in
<URL:ftp://ftp.perl.org/pub/perl/CPAN/ports/win95/Standard/x86/>

Dave Schmitt <dschmi1@umbc.edu>


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