[BNE-PM] win32 perl

[Don.Simonetta at mincom.com]

Hi Damian,
Could you please elloborate on the use of more than one Windows perls. I'm 
particularly interested as we have programs that run on both unix & win32. 
We use activestate on win32 so have problems with the lack of `select`. 
Where is cygwin available from? What are the other differences between the 
2 perls? Any other tips on mix n match?



Damian James wrote:


> Tip: use more than one of the perls available for Windows, if you 
> are forced to use that platform. Activestate is good for access to 
> more of the Win32API stuff, while cygwin is better if you need real 
> UNIX-like system calls. which it emulates. I find that doing without 
> select(2) when writing network utilities is an exercise in frustration. 



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