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

[Ken Foskey <waratah@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Michael Lake wrote:
> 
> PS. Searching Google I have come across perlcc which uses a c compiler
> on win32 platforms to create exe perls and in turn there is a gcc for
> win32. The cygwin is a big app and emulates unix on windows - too big
> for what I want to do. Another port of gcc is ming which is much
> smaller but seems like it has not been touched for two years. Anyhow
> perlcc + gcc seems a messy way to go to me.

You use cygwin to compile the code and then once you are compiled you
only have to distribute the dlls which should not be much.

As pointed out there is a Borland Builder compiler available.  I cannot
see why you would use this in preference to GCC in this case though. 
You can compile, test, debug on linux and then port to cygwin.

What are you actually doing in the code,  does it call lots of command
line stuff or is it primarily perl code.   You can come up with a
minimum install of cygwin specifically for your own purposes.

KenF