This directory contains various Perl ports for WIN32
(Windows 95 and Windows NT).

* FAQ

  is the Perl for WIN32 Frequently Asked Questions.
  Please read it before asking any questions.

* ActiveState

  This directory used to contain ActiveState perl binaries
  but nowadays they maintain their own releases at

	http://www.activestate.com/

  or

	ftp://ftp.activestate.com/

  These are based on Perl 5.005 or newer and they contain
  in addition to Perl for Win32 also the Perl for ISAPI, PerlScript,
  and Perl Package Manager.

* Standard

  Binary distributions based on the Official Perl 5.004_02 distribution.

  Here are two subdirectories called 'x86' and 'alpha',
  for the Intel CPU and its clones and for the Digital Alpha CPU.

  The Intel distribution is maintained by Gurusamy Sarathy.
  Under the 'x86' are among other things the files

	perl5.00402-bindist04-bc.readme
	perl5.00402-bindist04-bc.tar.gz

  (as of September 1997) which is the Perl binary distribution and the

	libwin32-0.08.readme
	libwin32-0.08.tar.gz

  which are the sources for the Win32 Perl extensions.  The binaries
  compiled from the libwin are included in the bindist so if you want
  just the bindist you do not need the libwin.
  As time goes by all of the Perl release (5.00402) and the binary
  distribution number (04) and the libwin release (0.08) will evolve.

  The Alpha distribution is maintained by Bill Middleton.
  Under the 'alpha' are among other things the files

	perl5.00402-bindist04-msvcAlpha.readme
	perl5.00402-bindist04-msvcAlpha.tar.gz

  (as of September 1997).  As time goes by both the Perl release
  (5.00402) and the binary distribution release (04) will evolve.

* win32.txt

  useful pointers for further study.

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