Re: I can crash perl

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Re^2: I can crash perl by mark4 (Acolyte) on Mar 30, 2015 at 00:21 UTC
I can update perl. I am of the mindset "If it's not broken, don't update it". Now, It seems broken so I am willing to update. What ActivePerl release is most stable? Any sugestions? I have ActivePerl-5.16.3.1604 downloaded and installed on one puter. It went "ok" (a few problems) but I am willing to install this on the server now. Do you recommend another version? What am I trying to accomplish? 1. Understand why the program stops working (I like to root-cause things) and 2. Once 1. is answered re-write the program so it won't crash. Now I am working on making it more effeciant with memory. I am currently not having any luck with "undef <variable>" sigh... If you mean at a higher level "What am I trying to accomplish", without going into a lot of detail, I am sorting a two structures in alphanumbric sequence and I need to keep all the file pointers in the directory structure "not broken". I uses 4 variables to do this (i.e. causing me to use 4X the data base size) Now I am trying to reduce the number of variables I need. will "undef <variabe>" re-claim un-used memory? It seems that it is not.	[reply]
Re^3: I can crash perl by Discipulus (Canon) on Mar 30, 2015 at 06:52 UTC
As for the Perl flavour i can strongly suggest Strawberry Perl? You'll get a perl installation with a lot other useful packages preintalled and cpan and cpanp client working out of the box having a C compiler bundled. As far as i know, concerning free memory, you can release memory to the pool used by that Perl process, no to the operating system. L* There are no rules, there are no thumbs.. Reinvent the wheel, then learn The Wheel; may be one day you reinvent one of THE WHEELS.	[reply] [d/l]
Re^4: I can crash perl by ikegami (Patriarch) on Mar 30, 2015 at 16:52 UTC
On ActivePerl, cpan works out of the box without having a C compiler bundled. You also have the option of downloading prebuilt binaries, so it gives you more options than Strawberry Perl.	[reply]
Re^4: I can crash perl by Anonymous Monk on Mar 30, 2015 at 16:55 UTC
I would strongly suggest using Linux or Unix. You can EASILY install a virtual server on your Windows machine and be up and running with a full featured Perl distro in an environment that is much more conducive to open source programming. Welcome to the 21st Century.	[reply]


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