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Linux and Out of the box Perl support

Sep 3, 2009 2:13PM PDT

Hello,

Are there any Linux Distros known for their out of the box Perl support? I'm rather new to that computer language and I would like to tinker around with it a bit. Do any Linux distros come with any Perl editors pre-installed?

Thanks

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From the cuff.
Sep 3, 2009 9:02PM PDT

Any LAMP should be ready. But you may need to help me here. What is a Perl Editor? Is that an editor written in Perl? Since Perl is just a text file, we can use any number of text editors.
Bob

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Sep 4, 2009 3:01AM PDT

>Are there any Linux Distros known for their out of the box Perl support?
Yes all Linux distros have out of the box Perl support.

>Do any Linux distros come with any Perl editors pre-installed?
As stated before you can use any text editor. But gvim (vim) works best for me.

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I'm pretty sure..
Sep 15, 2009 1:58AM PDT

.. that all Linux flavours have Perl in there.

If you were to install, say, Linux with a GNOME environment, then you could always use vim to program in the terminal, or you could use gedit to have a more polished text editor (and easier to use). Note that both gedit and vim have syntax highlighting.

To minimalize hassle, run either openSUSE or Ubuntu.

p.s. you'll have fun programming in Perl, I know I have.