Thanks a lot for the replies...! Here are the details of the system i'm using:

[~]$ perl -v

This is perl 5, version 14, subversion 4 (v5.14.4) built for cygwin-th
+read-multi-64int
(with 14 registered patches, see perl -V for more detail)

Copyright 1987-2013, Larry Wall

Perl may be copied only under the terms of either the Artistic License
+ or the
GNU General Public License, which may be found in the Perl 5 source ki
+t.

Complete documentation for Perl, including FAQ lists, should be found 
+on
this system using "man perl" or "perldoc perl".  If you have access to
+ the
Internet, point your browser at http://www.perl.org/, the Perl Home Pa
+ge.
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[~]$ uname -a
CYGWIN_NT-6.1-WOW CA00064210 2.0.1(0.287/5/3) 2015-04-30 18:13 i686 Cy
+gwin
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[~]$ perl -V
Summary of my perl5 (revision 5 version 14 subversion 4) configuration
+:

  Platform:
    osname=cygwin, osvers=1.7.35(0.28653), archname=cygwin-thread-mult
+i-64int
    uname='cygwin_nt-6.3-wow cygwin 1.7.35(0.28653) 2015-02-16 13:18 i
+686 cygwin '
    config_args='-d -e -Dprefix=/usr -Dmksymlinks -Dusethreads -Darchn
+ame=i686-cygwin-threads-64int -Dlibperl=cygperl5_14.dll -Dcc=gcc -Dld
+=g++ -Accflags=-ggdb -O2 -pipe -Wimplicit-function-declaration -fdebu
+g-prefix-map=/mnt/share/maint/perl.x86/build=/usr/src/debug/perl-5.14
+.4-3 -fdebug-prefix-map=/mnt/share/maint/perl.x86/src/perl-5.14.4=/us
+r/src/debug/perl-5.14.4-3 -fwrapv'
    hint=recommended, useposix=true, d_sigaction=define
    useithreads=define, usemultiplicity=define
    useperlio=define, d_sfio=undef, uselargefiles=define, usesocks=und
+ef
    use64bitint=define, use64bitall=undef, uselongdouble=undef
    usemymalloc=n, bincompat5005=undef
  Compiler:
    cc='gcc', ccflags ='-DPERL_USE_SAFE_PUTENV -U__STRICT_ANSI__ -ggdb
+ -O2 -pipe -Wimplicit-function-declaration -fdebug-prefix-map=/mnt/sh
+are/maint/perl.x86/build=/usr/src/debug/perl-5.14.4-3 -fdebug-prefix-
+map=/mnt/share/maint/perl.x86/src/perl-5.14.4=/usr/src/debug/perl-5.1
+4.4-3 -fwrapv -fno-strict-aliasing -fstack-protector',
    optimize='-O3',
    cppflags='-DPERL_USE_SAFE_PUTENV -U__STRICT_ANSI__ -ggdb -O2 -pipe
+ -Wimplicit-function-declaration -fdebug-prefix-map=/mnt/share/maint/
+perl.x86/build=/usr/src/debug/perl-5.14.4-3 -fdebug-prefix-map=/mnt/s
+hare/maint/perl.x86/src/perl-5.14.4=/usr/src/debug/perl-5.14.4-3 -fwr
+apv -fno-strict-aliasing -fstack-protector'
    ccversion='', gccversion='4.9.2', gccosandvers=''
    intsize=4, longsize=4, ptrsize=4, doublesize=8, byteorder=12345678
    d_longlong=define, longlongsize=8, d_longdbl=define, longdblsize=1
+2
    ivtype='long long', ivsize=8, nvtype='double', nvsize=8, Off_t='of
+f_t', lseeksize=8
    alignbytes=8, prototype=define
  Linker and Libraries:
    ld='g++', ldflags =' -Wl,--enable-auto-import -Wl,--export-all-sym
+bols -Wl,--enable-auto-image-base -fstack-protector -L/usr/local/lib'
    libpth=/usr/local/lib /usr/lib /lib
    libs=-lgdbm -ldb -ldl -lcrypt -lgdbm_compat
    perllibs=-ldl -lcrypt
    libc=/usr/lib/libc.a, so=dll, useshrplib=true, libperl=cygperl5_14
+.dll
    gnulibc_version=''
  Dynamic Linking:
    dlsrc=dl_dlopen.xs, dlext=dll, d_dlsymun=undef, ccdlflags=' '
    cccdlflags=' ', lddlflags=' --shared  -Wl,--enable-auto-import -Wl
+,--export-all-symbols -Wl,--enable-auto-image-base -L/usr/local/lib -
+fstack-protector'


Characteristics of this binary (from libperl):
  Compile-time options: MULTIPLICITY PERL_DONT_CREATE_GVSV
                        PERL_IMPLICIT_CONTEXT PERL_PRESERVE_IVUV
                        PERL_USE_SAFE_PUTENV USE_64_BIT_INT USE_ITHREA
+DS
                        USE_LARGE_FILES USE_PERLIO USE_PERL_ATOF
                        USE_REENTRANT_API
  Locally applied patches:
        rurban/0c612ce82        Fix building static extensions on cygw
+in, -UUSEIMPORTLIB
        perl.cygwin_autorebase  Rebase DLL after building (skip for cy
+gport builds)
        v5.14.0-RC2-6-gfc6f691  skip testing cygwin utf8 readdir() wit
+h Win32 ANSI API
        v5.14.0-RC2-7-g3877b86  Fix test 50 on cygwin: \WINDOWS
        v5.14.0-RC2-10-gd22b5bd revert +x global.sym from 3691eaa79cc6
+a
        v5.15.0-579-g8375c93    Export store_cop_label for the perl co
+mpiler
        v5.15.3-232-g1bac5ec    sv.c: S_anonymise_cv_maybe UTF8 cleanu
+p.
        v5.15.7-75-g803e389     CYG17 utf8 paths
        v5.15.7-302-g5bc802d    Revise perlcygwin.pod for cygwin-1.7
        v5.15.7-303-g286f819    add Cygwin::sync_winenv [perl #110190]
        v5.19.8-494-g6cc44f6    avoid a "FILE" name conflict with cygw
+in's wchar.h
        v5.19.8-496-g3383030    [perl #120936] op/taint.t handling of 
+no ipcsysv on cygwin
        v5.19.8-509-g288d0d9    cygwin doesn't implement $^E (except a
+s a read of $!)
        v5.21.4-548-g860874c    wrap the failing call_checker test in 
+an eval and TODO it
  Built under cygwin
  Compiled at Feb 17 2015 21:43:25
  @INC:
    /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.14/i686-cygwin-threads-64int
    /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.14
    /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.14/i686-cygwin-threads-64int
    /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.14
    /usr/lib/perl5/5.14/i686-cygwin-threads-64int
    /usr/lib/perl5/5.14
    .
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