From 758e4bce40429a0885ced2024cc380a1191c950e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Steve Hay Date: Thu, 16 Jun 2005 11:10:01 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Update README.win32 (Mention Borland compiler is also free; update libwin32 link) p4raw-id: //depot/perl@24868 --- README.win32 | 19 ++++++++++--------- 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.win32 b/README.win32 index 25f1408..08eb8e4 100644 --- a/README.win32 +++ b/README.win32 @@ -48,10 +48,12 @@ following compilers on the Intel x86 architecture: The last of these is a high quality freeware compiler. Use version 3.2.x or later for the best results with this compiler. -The Microsoft Visual C++ compiler is also now being given away free in -the "Visual C++ Toolkit 2003", and also as part of the ".NET Framework -SDK". This is the same compiler that ships with "Visual Studio .NET 2003 -Professional". +The Borland C++ and Microsoft Visual C++ compilers are also now being given +away free. The Borland compiler is available as "Borland C++ Compiler Free +Command Line Tools" and is the same compiler that ships with the full +"Borland C++ Builder" product. The Microsoft compiler is available as +"Visual C++ Toolkit 2003", and also as part of the ".NET Framework SDK", and +is the same compiler that ships with "Visual Studio .NET 2003 Professional". This port can also be built on the Intel IA64 using: @@ -672,13 +674,12 @@ To ensure smooth transitioning of existing code that uses the ActiveState port, there is a bundle of Win32 extensions that contains all of the ActiveState extensions and several other Win32 extensions from CPAN in source form, along with many added bugfixes, and with MakeMaker -support. This bundle is available at: +support. The latest version of this bundle is available at: - http://www.cpan.org/modules/by-module/Win32/libwin32-0.191.zip + http://search.cpan.org/dist/libwin32/ See the README in that distribution for building and installation -instructions. Look for later versions that may be available at the -same location. +instructions. =item Notes on 64-bit Windows @@ -911,6 +912,6 @@ Win9x support was added in 5.6 (Benjamin Stuhl). Support for 64-bit Windows added in 5.8 (ActiveState Corp). -Last updated: 7 June 2005 +Last updated: 16 June 2005 =cut -- 2.7.4