Subj : perl and dos
To   : tony summerfelt
From : Maurice Kinal
Date : Mon Feb 21 2005 03:51 pm

Hey tony!

Feb 21 16:21 05, tony summerfelt wrote to Maurice Kinal:

 ts> well if perl5 isn't a major consideration, use perl4 and your perl 
 ts> exe is only 350k. i use it under windows also.

Probably isn't an issue.

 ts> if perl 5 IS a consideration and you only need the standard modules, 
 ts> the dos version works fine...

I never saw a dos version anywhere but have seen the Win32 version, ActivePerl 
I think it was called.

 ts> it's when you need perl modules written in C that perl under dos is a 
 ts> pain...

Amongst other things.  Heh, heh.  I still shudder when recalling compiling f77 
code on DOS.  You don't KNOW pain until you've done that.

Life is good,
Maurice

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