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Re: PERL

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From: Malcolm Muir
Date: Wed, 15 Dec 1999 00:00
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On Wed, 15 Dec 1999 08:57:45 +0000 (GMT), Anthony R. Gold <tgold@microvest.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>On Tuesday, in article
>     <slrn85c43p.1j8.malcolm@muir-et5.staff.demon.net>
>     malcolm@demon.net "Malcolm Muir" wrote:
>
>> Your best learning route is (IMO) the Nutshell books. 'Learning Perl'
>> and 'Programming Perl'.
>
>Thanks for that.  Can anyone recomend ports to DOS/Win for use either 
>as a practical tool or just for learning?  Or must I build a Linux 
>box do do this properly?

Have a look in the reference I quoted. Specifically ftp.demon.co.uk
/pub/mirrors/CPAN/ports has DOS and several other ports. They vary in
age and may be pre version 5. The DOS version does however appear to
be Perl 5.

CPAN - Comprehensive Perl Archive Network - 'All the Perl material you
will need'. - There is about 600Mb.

-- 
Malcolm S. Muir                               Demon Internet Ltd.
Sunderland                                    322 Regents Park Road
England                                       London N3 2QQ
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