SPUG: building perl under windows w/free compiler

[Showell30 at aol.com]

Has any one built Perl under Windows 98 with a free compiler?  I want to use 
Data::Locations, and I have been told that ActiveState has not compiled a 
binary for the module that is compatible with its Perl 5.6 binary.  I don't 
have cash to buy my own copy of Visual C++.  I think my best option is to 
find a free compiler and build my own Perl, but I wonder what pitfalls that 
solution may have. 

Thanks,

Steve

P.S.  Sorry if this is common query--deja.com is overloaded tonight.




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