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Questions about Perl for Windows

I am running Windows Millennium Edition on a Pentium 4, 1400 MHz
computer from Gateway.

If I download IndigoPerl at the site
http://www.indigostar.com/indigoperl.htm ,
will I get perl AND the apache web server in one download?

How reliable is the above download?
If I download ActivePerl at the site
http://www.activestate.com/Products/ActivePerl/ ,
will I have to download Apache in a separate download?

Is ActivePerl reliable?
Also, at my job, I will have the Unix operating system. If I write a
Perl program on Unix, will this program run on
IndigoPerl or ActivePerl on Windows Millennium Edition?

Thank you for any information you can give me.
Regards,

Alex K.

Jul 19 '05 #1
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al****@aol.com wrote:
Newsgroup: comp.lang.perl, [ ...]
I suggest you break into the office of your NNTP admin and remove
his/her skeleton. The newsgroup comp.lang.perl has not existed since
sometime in the last millenium.
I am running Windows Millennium Edition on a Pentium 4, 1400 MHz
computer from Gateway.

If I download IndigoPerl at the site
http://www.indigostar.com/indigoperl.htm ,
will I get perl AND the apache web server in one download?

How reliable is the above download?


I stopped using Indigo and went back to ActiveState because Indigo was
not shipping an Apache1.x+mod_perl1+perl5.8.x bundle.

Apache2+mod_perl2 (Indigo or not) crashes periodically on Win32 and
although it does an auto restart this takes quite literally several
minutes of CPU thrashing.

Note: All the above is based on observations made a few months ago.
Things could have changed.

I currently use Apache1 + mod_perl1 + ActiveState Perl5.8.x on Win32
boxes. (And various conbination including Apache2+mod_perl2+perl5.8.x
on Unix).

Jul 19 '05 #2
al****@aol.com wrote:
If I download IndigoPerl at the site
http://www.indigostar.com/indigoperl.htm ,
will I get perl AND the apache web server in one download?
Yes. And mod_perl too, in one go.
How reliable is the above download?
Good.
If I download ActivePerl at the site
http://www.activestate.com/Products/ActivePerl/ ,
will I have to download Apache in a separate download?
Yes.
Is ActivePerl reliable?
Yes. ActivePerl is pretty much *the* perl for Windows... though
technically, it and Indigoperl are virtually identical. Precompiled
modules for ActivePerl (AKA PPM distributions) will work just as well
for for both, too. The main difference between the two is what comes
with it for modules, and the module installation script itself that
comes with it. Each has a custom written script, comletely different
from that of the other.
Also, at my job, I will have the Unix operating system. If I write a
Perl program on Unix, will this program run on
IndigoPerl or ActivePerl on Windows Millennium Edition?


Mostly, yes. It depends on what commands you use.

--
Bart.
Jul 19 '05 #3

Bart Lateur wrote:
Is ActivePerl reliable?


Yes. ActivePerl is pretty much *the* perl for Windows... though
technically, it and Indigoperl are virtually identical. Precompiled
modules for ActivePerl (AKA PPM distributions) will work just as well
for for both, too. The main difference between the two is what comes
with it for modules, and the module installation script itself that
comes with it. Each has a custom written script, comletely different
from that of the other.

I need a version of Perl that can use modules. Can both IndigoPerl and
ActivePerl do that?

Also, I have dial-up Internet access. So, which Perl version is best to
download?

Regards,

Alex K.

Jul 19 '05 #4
In my opinion Activestate with an independant install of Apache is more
stable and a lot more reliiable than indigo...just my .02
~crypix

Jul 19 '05 #5

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