Thanks for all your help guys.
Once you have an interpreter installed (like the free one from ActiveState) you have everything you need to get started with perl
Ok, how do I install the interpreter? I got a zip file from ActiveState, and I unzipped it. All I see is a bunch of folders, and a whole bunch of .c and .h files. I also see one executable 'cinfigure', and several files with no extensions or extensions not recognized by windows.
There is a folder called win32. But the same kind of files there, and no executables in this folder. I know some of the linux things dont have a typical windows 'setup.exe' file to start, but I haven't had much experience with those kinds of installation procedures. Any assistance would be immensely helpful. Thanks again.
I dont know linux, but I eventually plan to learn. Sometime after I graduate from college. I dont have the time, to do that before graduation, cause i am aftaid of a steep learning curve, especially with two majors and two minors.