In short... Yes! It does run on Windows
I currently have a script I'm working on that uses the Net::IRC module on a windows machine. I started out trying to port a script called Whiplash (available at www.networkdweebs.com) that is an IRC web interface that only runs on *nix boxes. It uses ALRM to communicate between processes, which isn't available on windows. Plus, the code was growing too messy with me trying to trace through and remove the *nix specific code to make it work on windows so I realized I'd be better of writing my own version to be cross platform. I may post it here once I get everything up and running, but the irctest script that comes with the Net::IRC package is a great example of the code...
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Considering it was last updated May 29th, 2000, and lack of Windows compatibility is not listed as a bug in the POD for Net::IRC, I'd say it's a rumor. It does appear to be less than version 1.0, which usually means it's not guaranteed on any platform. Check Code Catacombs for code. | [reply] |
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Yup! If you check out their press release from just before Christmas, they released ActivePerl 5.6 Build 623. You need to install this new version to be able to use the new repository mentioned by InfiniteSilence.
It's quite neat - now we can use ppm (or vpm for the priviliged ones :) to download and install over a thousand modules. blah blah blah.
It's great. Although I had to reboot my machine after installing :( tsk. tsk.
I am tired. I gotta go sleep.
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