EXTUTILS::CBUILDER::PLATFORM::WINDOWS(3perl)

✨ NAME ✨

ExtUtils::CBuilder::Platform::Windows — the builder class for Windows platforms 🪟💖

So this is the manual page (ExtUti...Windows(3perl)) from the Perl Programmers Reference Guide, bestie. It's a Perl module page, and honestly? It's a short one. Enjoy it, you deserve an easy read. 🎀

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🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

Okay so this module is literally the Windows-specific chunk of ExtUtils::CBuilder. Like, it does the Windows part, and the rest of the machinery lives elsewhere. 💅

Most of the Windows-specific stuff has to do with compiling and linking C code. That's the whole vibe. 🔥

Right now it supports the 3 compilers perl itself supports:

• MSVC
• BCC
• GCC

Three whole compilers. Iconic honestly. 👑

This module inherits from ExtUtils::CBuilder::Base, which is the bestie it borrows everything from — so any functionality that isn't implemented here will be implemented there. And where do the interfaces come from? The ExtUtils::CBuilder documentation, no cap. 📚✨

It's giving "thin Windows layer on top of a bigger friend." 🦋

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🫶 AUTHOR 🫶

This page was written by Ken Williams <ken@mathforum.org> 💜

And the plot twist: most of the code here was written by Randy W. Sims <RandyS@ThePierianSpring.org>. Main character energy from both of them, fr fr. 🌈⭐

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👀 SEE ALSO 👀

Go read these too, bestie:

• perl(1)
• ExtUtils::CBuilder(3)
• ExtUtils::MakeMaker(3)

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Lowkey the whole page in one breath: Windows C building, three compilers (MSVC, BCC, GCC), inheritance from ExtUtils::CBuilder::Base, periodt. 💖

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That's the whole thing, babes — page dropped as perl v5.44.0, dated 2026-10-17, from the ExtUti...Windows(3perl) page in the Perl Programmers Reference Guide. Slay, go compile something. 💅✨