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Another viable solution (not mentioned in the FAQ) for a cross-platform GUI is to provide an HTML-based interface, essentially by turning your app into a CGI app, and then by embedding into your app a mini HTTP server (such as [cpan://HTTP::Server::Simple], but there are also others on CPAN).
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<a href="http://popfile.sourceforge.net/">POPFile</a> is a successful cross platform stand-alone application (entirely written in Perl) which does exactly this.
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The new [cpan://Devel::ebug] is another (much acclaimed) application that does the same (through [cpan://Catalyst]).
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Furthermore Ajax-based technologies offer nowadays the same level of interactivity offered by a native GUI, so using such an interface you don't have to give up anything.
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Ciao,<br>
Emanuele.
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