What do I get with ActiveStates Perl for Win32?
ActiveState’s Perl for Win32 is a complete, self-installing distribution of Perl based on the standard Perl sources. It is distributed online at the ActiveState site and is bundled with the Perl Resource Kit for Win32. See http://www.ActiveState.com and http://perl.oreilly.com for more information. “Perl for Win32” generally refers to the ActiveState release of Perl. Perl for Win32 was developed by ActiveState Tool Corporation (originally Hip Communications) for Microsoft Corporation. This effort was undertaken for inclusion in Microsoft’s Windows NT Resource Kit. Since then, ActiveState and various Perl porters have worked to keep Perl for Win32 current with the standard release of Perl. The oneperl effort, a joint effort between O’Reilly, ActiveState, and various volunteers, has joined the Win32 and standard Perl source code into one common source tree. The Perl Resource Kit for Win32 from O’Reilly includes perl, PerlIS, the Perl Debugger, and several Win32-specific modules and too
