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

[Andrew Bennetts <a.bennetts@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, Apr 05, 2001 at 08:18:27PM +1000, Michael Lake wrote:
> Here is the crunch. Apache is small but Perl is 30MB ! The Win32 Perl is
> from ActiveState.com and even if I dont install any examples or
> documentation or modules the size id pretty big to expect users to put
> onto their PC's. Python is just 3.5 MB for the runtime and core library.
> This would be reasonable but then I and those that have to maintain it
> will need to know both Perl and Python; or learn Parrot :-) hehe (see
> slashdot 1st April).

With Python, you may possibly also need the Win32 extensions -- it's not
too large, I very much doubt it would put it over 10Mb.  Though Python
2.0 comes with Tcl/Tk libraries and even the _winreg module for
accessing the registry without it, so perhaps not.

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

I'm not a Perl guy, but I suspect it can.  Have you had a look at the
Perl in the Cygwin distribution? It might be smaller (or larger...).
Also Cygwin is just generally nifty -- bash, grep, vim and so forth (and
you can selectively download bits).

-Andrew.