On Thu, Dec 21, 2006 at 10:23:57AM -0500, Robert Hicks wrote: > Chad Perrin wrote: > >On Tue, Dec 19, 2006 at 09:08:11AM -0800, Randal L. Schwartz wrote: > >>"Learning Perl on Win32 Systems" is still being published only because it > >>sells. It was based on the second edition of Learning Perl, which was > >>clearly > >>Unix-bias. For the third and fourth editions of Learning Perl, we've > >>worked > >>hard to reduce the Unix bias, such that the books now have no known > >>win32-hostile sections. In fact, if you use Strawberry Perl instead of > >>ActiveState Perl, it'll match exactly. > > > >Interesting. I don't think I'd heard of Strawberry Perl before now. Do > >you recommend it over ActiveState? > > > > No. Not ready for prime time. Getting there of course. But I would not > want to discourage you from trying it and helping the project if you > find problems.
Thanks for the frank appraisal. Since I'm unlikely to be deploying Perl code to Windows machines any time soon, and would mostly just be using it to play around, I think I may be the right guy to use Strawberry Perl instead of ActiveState. Of course, the downside is that as little as I use Windows I may never get around to it. -- CCD CopyWrite Chad Perrin [ http://ccd.apotheon.org ] This sig for rent: a Signify v1.14 production from http://www.debian.org/ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>
