<s>
Strawberry	B-Language
Perl	I-Language
is	O
a	O
distribution	O
of	O
the	O
Perl	B-Language
programming	I-Language
language	I-Language
for	O
the	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
platform	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Additionally	O
,	O
strawberry	O
contains	O
a	O
fully	O
featured	O
Mingw-w64	B-Application
C/C	O
++	O
compiler	O
with	O
many	O
libraries	O
included	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
most	O
other	O
distributions	O
rely	O
on	O
the	O
user	O
having	O
software	O
development	O
tools	O
already	O
set	O
up	O
to	O
install	O
certain	O
Perl	B-Language
components	O
,	O
Strawberry	B-Language
Perl	I-Language
ships	O
with	O
the	O
most	O
commonly	O
used	O
tools	O
preconfigured	O
and	O
packaged	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
a	O
dramatic	O
departure	O
from	O
other	O
Perl	B-Language
distributions	O
,	O
and	O
has	O
influenced	O
other	O
distributions	O
(	O
such	O
as	O
its	O
primary	O
rival	O
,	O
the	O
freely	O
available	O
but	O
closed	O
source	O
ActivePerl	B-Language
distribution	O
released	O
by	O
ActiveState	O
)	O
to	O
provide	O
such	O
development	O
tools	O
in	O
their	O
own	O
distribution	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Through	O
the	O
CPAN	B-Language
,	O
Perl	B-Language
users	O
can	O
download	O
any	O
of	O
a	O
vast	O
number	O
of	O
prepackaged	O
modules	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Many	O
of	O
these	O
modules	O
can	O
be	O
installed	O
in	O
any	O
Perl	B-Language
environment	O
;	O
however	O
,	O
certain	O
modules	O
(	O
XS	O
modules	O
)	O
require	O
a	O
working	O
C	O
compiler	O
and	O
development	O
environment	O
to	O
install	O
successfully	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Most	O
Perl	B-Language
distributions	O
assume	O
that	O
such	O
an	O
environment	O
-	O
which	O
is	O
usually	O
provided	O
with	O
most	O
Unix	B-Application
or	O
Linux	B-Application
systems	O
-	O
already	O
exists	O
;	O
however	O
,	O
Windows	O
does	O
not	O
come	O
with	O
a	O
C	O
compiler	O
and	O
the	O
required	O
development	O
environment	O
,	O
and	O
these	O
must	O
be	O
installed	O
separately	O
by	O
the	O
user	O
or	O
the	O
administrator	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
Strawberry	B-Language
Perl	I-Language
incorporates	O
the	O
MinGW	B-Application
development	O
environment	O
during	O
installation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
All	O
the	O
installed	O
Perl	B-Language
tools	O
are	O
set	O
up	O
to	O
use	O
these	O
built-in	O
libraries	O
and	O
development	O
tools	O
to	O
compile	O
XS	O
modules	O
as	O
required	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
allows	O
Strawberry	B-Language
Perl	I-Language
to	O
use	O
many	O
XS	O
modules	O
without	O
modification	O
,	O
directly	O
from	O
the	O
CPAN	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
,	O
Strawberry	B-Language
Perl	I-Language
consists	O
of	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
Mingw-w64	B-Application
distribution	O
,	O
consisting	O
of	O
gcc	B-Application
,	O
ld	B-Device
,	O
gmake	B-Application
and	O
other	O
binutils	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Windows	O
installation	O
scripts	O
to	O
allow	O
Strawberry	B-Language
Perl	I-Language
to	O
be	O
easily	O
uninstalled	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Various	O
non-standard	O
but	O
widely	O
used	O
Perl	B-Language
modules	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
mostly	O
relate	O
to	O
ease	O
of	O
installation	O
of	O
further	O
extensions	O
from	O
the	O
CPAN	B-Language
,	O
but	O
also	O
include	O
various	O
tools	O
that	O
enhance	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
install	O
packages	O
from	O
other	O
sources	O
such	O
as	O
the	O
Perl	B-Language
Archive	I-Language
Toolkit	I-Language
,	O
the	O
Perl	B-Language
package	I-Language
manager	I-Language
and	O
the	O
Perl	B-Language
Installation	O
Program	O
.	O
</s>
