Re: [slug-chat] OT Perl, Python and Windows

[Andre Pang <ozone@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, Apr 05, 2001 at 08:18:27PM +1000, Michael Lake wrote:

> Anyone had any exp. with Win32 Perl? Can Perl be cut down to size? (pull
> down the Wall?)

check out the Perl PDK, at
http://www.activestate.com/Products/Perl_Dev_Kit/index.html

from that page, here are some programs you may be interested in:

    PerlApp 

    Turns your Perl scripts into executables, so that you can
    run Perl scripts on computers without installing Perl.
     
    PerlSvc 

    PerlSvc allows you to create executables that can be
    installed and run as a service on Windows NT and Windows
    2000, without requiring Perl on the target machine.
     
    VPM 

    Visual Package Manager allows you to manage your Perl
    installation locally or remotely. VPM is a browser-based
    application that lets you install, update, delete and get
    information about the Perl modules and extensions you have
    on your system.

i've personally used PerlApp, and it worked fine for what i was
doing.  a 1k perl script (used to grok some stupid proprietry
app's data files and turn it into text suitable for pasting into
an email) turned into a 900k executable.  not all that
impressive i guess, this isn't too bad at all by Windows
standards :).

if you're using Apache with CGI, PerlApp might be a perfect
solution for you.  VPM might be good, too, if you structure your
program correctly so you can just update any modules you need. 
(i have no idea how 'compiled' Perl modules work ... they might
be plain .pm files, or possibly .dlls, who knows.)

good luck,


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