From: allan AT interport DOT net (Allan Peda) Subject: Re: Which Perl? 24 Jul 1998 15:38:39 -0700 Message-ID: <35B82450.6257E847.cygnus.gnu-win32@interport.net> References: <0EWK00D3K7OMRX AT mail DOT hac DOT com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="------------4EEE235724A7CDE16C0F8419" To: john_r_velman AT mail DOT hac DOT com Cc: gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------4EEE235724A7CDE16C0F8419 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Try the following URL for a Cygwin build: [InternetShortcut] URL=http://www.qub.com/group/ and the "canonical release at: http://www.perl.com/CPAN/ports/win32/Standard/x86 Also, word on the street is that 5.005 (ported by Gurusamy-pronounced "urusamy" ) builds seamlessy on NT, although a friend of mine already built 5.003 w/o a hitch on his NT 4 (srvcpk 3) lotsa hotfixes - machine. The binary also includes perl/tk (perl5.00402-bindist04-bc.zip), which is great for cross platform click here type dialogs, although the same friend of mine swears by calling win dialog boxes using a different type of approach (he says it's fast and easy- I'm clueless). Good luck Allan john_r_velman AT mail DOT hac DOT com wrote: > > > > Is there a precompiled perl for cygwin32? I've checked CPAN, and > also the cygnus pages. Also the mail archives. Sorry if I've missed > it, but I'm somewhat overwhelmed by the quantity of data, and haven't > succeeded in finding the answer. > > I've found the patch file, perl5_004_04_tar.gz, but I think the > site I downloaded this from says it is for beta 18. (I'm using 19.1, > just installed). > > I'm new to NT and new to cygwin, so would prefer a precompiled version > of something as daunting as perl for now. > > John Velman > jrvelman AT hac DOT mail DOT com > > - > For help on using this list (especially unsubscribing), send a message to > "gnu-win32-request AT cygnus DOT com" with one line of text: "help". --------------4EEE235724A7CDE16C0F8419 Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Base: "http://www.qub.com/group/" Qub Group
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At the moment, there are two widely used perl Win32 ports - ActiveState (ex-ActiveWare) and "standard", or "official", Win32 perl, by Gurusamy Sarathy. Both of the ports are developed with significant effort paid for rewriting UNIX system calls with Windows native calls. Can't consider it to be laziness.

Cygwin project provides a free UNIX-like kernel for Windows NT/95. We provide YeP-perl (v 5.004_04 patched and built for Win32) that will work on Win32. Compare our distribution with any ActiveWare or Standard Win32 perl distributions. We plan to provide more perl extensions in the spirit of Laziness.

Install Cygwin tools. Take latest version of Coolview. Install YeP-Perl Build 1 we have built for you.

YeP-Perl Build 0 is here. YeP-Perl Build 2 would be based on perl5.005 betas. If you want something to appear in Build 2 - write us. Build 1 was produced as a feedback to your letters - your feedback on Build 1 is realy welcome!


Yep-Perl (Build 1)     Updated Jul 20.

-- perl for Win32.
 		Runs on Win32
Background Go take it - .tar.gz

mSQL v2.0 support for Win32 Status

Perl-Wish (Perl-Tix)     Updated Apr 25.

-- Perl-Tcl/Tk integration in a new fashion, perl with GUI.
 		Runs on any platform
Background Go take it - .zip or .tar.gz

Visual Perl debugger     Updated Apr 27.

-- GUI wrapper around standard perl5db.pl. Written in Perl-Wish.
-- You are able to debug UNIX/Windows CGI as well as ordinaly scripts. 		Runs on UNIX and w/ YeP-perl
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