tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5699142825044889235.post689959377942144056..comments2023-09-26T11:09:50.937+02:00Comments on Damien Learns Programming: "Perl on Windows" background readingAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07183471087108492840noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5699142825044889235.post-43275268577056763172011-08-25T14:12:11.204+02:002011-08-25T14:12:11.204+02:00As Francesco said, Strawberry Perl seems more usef...As Francesco said, Strawberry Perl seems more useful for users who want develop in perl, but in Win32 Perl Wiki says that Active Perl is better to begginers. I just installed it, but I'm not sure if this is the best choice.Currohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10769091139302484216noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5699142825044889235.post-6278046905251239052009-12-23T11:06:21.656+01:002009-12-23T11:06:21.656+01:00I chose Strawberry Perl because it allows you to c...I chose Strawberry Perl because it allows you to create Windows executables (i.e binary files with .exe extension) from Perl files (with .pl extension).<br />In fact with Strwberry Perl, and its CPAN capabilities, you can install the module "perlcc", which you can use to convert your perl script (with extension .pl) into Windows executables (with extension .exe).<br />The module "perlcc" is not available as PPM in ActiveState repository or in others PPM repositories (or at least I've not been able to find it).<br />I think the reason why ActiveState doesn't include "perlcc" in its PPM repository is due to the fact that ActiveState, in its editor and IDE Komodo (which you have to pay to use), offers the possibility to convert perl script into executables.<br />So there is a conflict of interest between ActiveState product Komodo and the CPAN module "perlcc". As a consequence, I found really difficult to convert perl script into executable while using ActiveState Perl without their editor Komodo; therefore I move to Strawberry, that offers a complete coverage of the wisdom present in CPAN modules, included "perlcc".Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02446937450215858258noreply@blogger.com