Help learning Perl?

Question

What Programs do I need to use Perl. I've inputed the hello word program in notepad but now im lost pls any help:(

Answer 1

You need to download the Perl interpreter, which can execute perl scripts. The one I use (for Windows) is called ActivePerl.

It is free:
http://www.activestate.com/Products/activeperl/

Once you download and install ActivePerl, you will be able to run your script either from a windows command prompt or by double-clicking on it, as long as it is named with the ".pl" extension.

It's best to run from a command prompt at first, because you will be able to see compile errors and so forth (which will flash by too quickly if you double-click).