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Re: OffTopic: C, PERL, 4DOS - Major headache... Just shoot me.

• Posted by "Lucius L. Hilley III" <lhilley at CDC.NET> Jun 09, 2000
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Nevermind,  I found ActivePerl for Win32 platform at
http://www.activestate.com

        Lucius L. Hilley III
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Lucius L. Hilley III" <lhilley at cdc.net>
To: "Euphoria" <EUPHORIA at LISTSERV.MUOHIO.EDU>
Sent: Friday, June 09, 2000 1:51 PM
Subject: OffTopic: C, PERL, 4DOS - Major headache... Just shoot me.


> I just want a DOS or Win32 compiled PERL 5.
> Quick fix: will someone send me a compiled copy of PERL 5 for DOS or
Win32?
>
>     I'm happy with my standard DOS.  I don't want 4DOS, and don't care
much
> about C compilers or the PERL source code.  Now that I have that off my
> chest let me continue with my problem/headache.
>
>     I have the C source for PERL 5 something another.  It claims to be
> compilable on any one of several C compilers.  Borland C++ 5.01, Mingw32
> EGCS, and a few others.  TC 2.01 isn't one of them BUT...  I did download
> EGCS about the same time I downloaded the PERL source.  I tried to install
> it but who knows....  Let's assume that I manage to get EGCS installed
> properly and it works.  The next hurdle is that it can't be compiled under
> the DOS that comes with Win95.  I can think of a few choice words for this
> flaw.  It will however compile under 4DOS.  Once compiled it is suppose to
> work fine under the 4DOS as well as the DOS that comes with Win95.
>
> If I, regretfully, install 4DOS will it be easy to uninstall or will I
have
> to beat either my computer or myself to death?
>
>
>     An overly annoyed,
>         Lucius L. Hilley III
>         lhilley at cdc.net
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