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

[Michael Lake <Mike.Lake@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Ken Foskey wrote:

> 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.

It would be just Perl. Simple forms stuff.
I will have a look at cygwins pages.

Thanks, 
Mike
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