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in reply to Re: Newb guidance for Perl on MS Windows: Cygwin, Strawberry, ActivePerl?
in thread Newb guidance for Perl on MS Windows: Cygwin, Strawberry, ActivePerl?

Whatever you eventually decide, don't mess with the system Perl.

Are you referring to Cygwin's Perl when you say "system Perl"? Windows does not natively come with any version/distribution of Perl. If you want Perl on Windows, you have to download/build it and install it.