Read this thread for the bots.cpp issue:
http://www.eqemulator.org/forums/showthread.php?t=35575
Bad_captain will probably be updating this on the SVN when he gets a chance.
There's more than enough posts around here on what version of Perl to use.
Perl 10 is the default for non-VS 10/x64 builds, but that is getting harder to find. Perl 12 can be used with no apparent
issues, but changes need to be made EQWParser and embperl.
I run on x86 hardware and OS, so I can't specifically say what situations to use Perl 14 on..but that info is around here.