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Re^3: Five Features Perl 5 Needs Now

by Jenda (Abbot)
on Dec 21, 2008 at 23:21 UTC ( [id://731940]=note: print w/replies, xml ) Need Help??


in reply to Re^2: Five Features Perl 5 Needs Now
in thread Five Features Perl 5 Needs Now

The reason for PPM is that most Windows installations lack a C compiler plus the compiler that's used for the most spread Windows distribution of perl is not free.

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Re^4: Five Features Perl 5 Needs Now
by xdg (Monsignor) on Dec 22, 2008 at 01:25 UTC
    the compiler that's used for the most spread Windows distribution of perl is not free

    That's not quite true. The express edition is free (as in beer, at least) and works fine with ActiveState. (It just doesn't come automatically installed and configured like in Strawberry.)

    And just because PPM is useful on Windows doesn't mean it can't be used elsewhere to avoid build/test/install. I'm not saying one should, but I'm clarifying chromatic's point that the standard CPAN build/test/install cycle is kludgy and PPM is one example of an alternative.

    -xdg

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