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Re: Its time we set the score straight on Perl 5 and Perl 6 and debunkour own self-generated FUD.

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Adam Kennedy
Date:
June 20, 2006 03:19
Subject:
Re: Its time we set the score straight on Perl 5 and Perl 6 and debunkour own self-generated FUD.
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4497CB01.2050600@phase-n.com
Steve Hay wrote:
> Adam Kennedy wrote:
>>> I've personally never heard of anyone trying to use perl on Win32 
>>> without having libwin32 installed anyway, so including it in the core 
>>> wouldn't change Win32 users' lives that much.  It isn't hard to 
>>> install, being all in one bundle, and for those who can't manage 
>>> there's always ActivePerl.
>>
>> *waves*
>>
>> Might I suggest installing Vanilla to experience what it's like, if 
>> you have a spare hour.
> 
> To experience what what is like?  Do you mean "experience what 
> installing libwin32 is like", or "experience what Vanilla Perl is like"?

To experience what it's like having core Perl but not having libwin32 
and none of the other Win32 modules.

Adam K
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