I will delete the perl and start over again after ensuring there are no environment variables that pertain to perl things (anything else I should consider there?)

BTW, the messed up XS.c I posted the other day was due to a posting length limitation on this site. The site truncated the lion's share of the module and my closing code tag as well. FWIW, I edited that post to enter as much as I could without truncation. Sadly, the "preview" tool gives no indication of the truncation, so it all looked pretty rosy to me when I submitted it. Lesson learned

Also, I just want you all to know how much I appreciate the time you are taking to help me out and, hopefully, others will be able to learn from this

Rick

One more thing... I'll be out for the remainder of the week and will pick this back up Monday