Which version of Perl should I use on Windows?

Asked 2008-09-16T11:53:41.210

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The win32.perl.org web site provides references to several Perl distributions for MS Windows.

For a long time I have been using ActivePerl from ActiveState but recently I switched to Strawberry Perl.

IMHO The only advantage that Active Perl still has over Strawberry Perl is the fact that it comes with Perl Tk which means its easy to install Devel::ptkdb the graphical debugger. Other than that, I think Strawberry Perl has all the advantages.

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Strawberry Perl is more like Perl on *nix. It comes with MinGW which could be useful on its own. The Perl modules can also be installed with either ppm or cpan.

answered 2008-10-17T17:20:22.233

I always use Cygwin (xterms with bash are so much better than cmd windows) and the Perl that comes with it. I install Perl modules with the CPAN shell (the "cpan" command); it works fine.

answered 2009-04-01T15:14:30.057

Which version of Perl should I use on Windows?

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