This section describes what is ActivePerl - a free Perl engine for Windows, Linux and other platforms developed by ActiveState.
ActivePerl is a Perl engine developed by ActiveState supporting multiple platforms including Windows and Linux.
ActiveState provides, free to the community, the ActivePerl binary packages, which include:
Perl, the binary core distribution of the Perl engine.
The Perl Package Manager, for installing Perl extension modules.
Complete documentation.
The Windows version of ActivePerl also includes:
PerlScript, an ActiveX scripting engine, like JavaScript or VBScript, with a Perl brain.
Perl for ISAPI, an IIS plug-in that runs Perl CGI scripts faster.
PerlEz, for embedding Perl the easy way.
ActiveState also offers a non-free version, ActivePerl Enterprise, with extra features.
