

Many new modules are included as a standard part of Perl. With ActiveState, you can install Perl and the State Tool directly on the command line, or you can use our Windows executable or MSI installer for ActivePerl 5.28. In Version 5.8 Support has been enabled for large file access on all platforms, meaning that file manipulation facilities within Perl can cope with files larger than 2GB or 4GB. During the download process we may show commercial offers, such as a toolbar or other browser add-ons. This download is managed by our ad-supported smart download manager. It includes Perl for Windows the binary of the core Perl 5.8.0 distribution Perl for ISAPI, an IIS plug-in that makes Perl CGI lightning fast PerlScript, an ActiveX scripting engine with a Perl brain and the Perl Package Manager, a Perl extension installer and manager. The Soft32 Downloader is not installed to the User’s computer, and the User must manually delete the Soft32 Downloader executable.

The ActivePerl package has all you'll need to get Perl up and running, even with a Web server. Perl is an interpreted language optimized for scanning arbitrary text files, extracting information from those text files, and printing reports based on that information. It has the best of both, plus more: a merge of ActiveState Perl Object technology into core Perl support for standard extension mechanisms such as MakeMaker easy installation and management of modules and extensions with Perl Package Manager binaries for most CPAN modules, available from ActiveState's repository (including TK and GD) updated FAQs and complete, integrated online help in HTML. ActivePerl is a "merge" of the two popular Perl Win32 ports.
