PERL Beginners - [Perl Downloads for Windows OS: IA64 and AMD64]

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[Perl Downloads for Windows OS: IA64 and AMD64]

Suresh Pasupula

2004-09-22, 3:57 pm

Hi,

I am in need of PERL for Windows OS for IA64 and AMD64 bit Machines. Can
anyone of you let me know where I can get the links for downloading?

Thanks and Regards
SURESH PASUPULA

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2004-09-22, 3:57 pm

On Wed, 22 Sep 2004 suresh.pasupula@wipro.com wrote:

> I am in need of PERL for Windows OS for IA64 and AMD64 bit Machines. Can
> anyone of you let me know where I can get the links for downloading?

ActivePerl is the standard version of Perl for Windows -- searching
Google for "perl windows" brings their site up as the very first hit:

<http://www.activestate.com/Products/ActivePerl/>

I don't see anything there about 64-bit versions though. Will software
compiled for 32-bit platforms not work on these chips, or are you just
hoping that a specially compiled version will run faster?

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Suresh Pasupula

2004-09-22, 3:57 pm

Hi Chris,

Thanks for the prompt response.

Yeah I have tried that before I sent the mail to the perl group. I am
not able install perl using the package available in Active State. The
package that is available there is only for X86 Platform. It does not
allow you to install in 64 bit Platforms.

I tried copying the same X86 Perl Binaries into IA64 machine. I am not
able to see the results as expected in IA64 when I am trying to install
the printers using rundll32 command I am unable. The command is fine but
the program hangs in IA64 and is working fine in X86 Platform.

That is the reason I was searching for the installable Perl for 64 bit
platform.

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Thanks and Regards
Suresh

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2004-09-22, 3:57 pm

On Wed, 22 Sep 2004 suresh.pasupula@wipro.com wrote:

> Yeah I have tried that before I sent the mail to the perl group.

That would have been worth mentioning then :-)

> I am not able install perl using the package available in Active
> State. The package that is available there is only for X86 Platform.
> It does not allow you to install in 64 bit Platforms.

I thought AMD64 was compatible with 32-bit x86, but I could be wrong. In
any case, IA64 is indeed a different instruction set.

This may be worth contacting ActiveState about. They're probably waiting
to support the new 64-bit chips until there is enough demand to support
the development effort. If you make it clear to them that you want to
run their product on these platforms, they might speed things up a bit.

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