Hi List, As I seemdd to mis the root note on this thread, hope I'm quoting the right person here.
Michael D. Smith wrote: > Is it possible to burn PERL and a script onto a CD and execute it from > there without installing perl on the host computer? The first thing I'd try for simple scripts would be Tiny Perl at: http://tinyperl.sourceforge.net/ The advantages include that it requires no setting up (just download and unzip), has many of the standard modules in an extensible zip file and fits on a floppy. I have a question related to this: I'm writing a little Perl tutorial and would liek to use a small, minimalist, no-install Perl distro for the examples. I'm going to recommend Active State Perl for any serious use and use it once we get to Win32 modules, but before that I'd like a simpler alternative for people to try out. So far I've been using Tiny Perl but am wondering if there are any good free alternatives. My requirements differ slightly in that I cannot anticipate exactly which modules people might like to test and also writing on HD temporarily or in your own dir, would be acceptable. I don't need to run a Web server but support for Win32 basics might be nice as I'm targetting that platform specifically. How difficult would it be to compile my own Perl using VC6 and include the modules, too? I've only been installing Perl modules using PPM so far although do know C. Here's what's wrong with Tiny Perl for my purposes: Firstly, it is slightly out of date. I'd like to use 5.8.7 or something binary compatible with it. Secondly, many of the modules which are thought of as standard are not included due to size considerations. AS the tutorial is lots about syntax and text files, I'm missing Tie::FIle and Filter::Simple in particular. Lastly, it is a little too small. I could live with something under 2 MB and wouldn't mind the size increase, if a larger portion of modules people are likely to use could be included that way. The way in which I've been doing it in the past is to manually copy things from ActiveState Perl's lib or site directories including the stuff in auto, until the script works and all dependencies are resolved. Not awfully smart but it get the job done before changes in binary compatibility. Another consideration is the licence policy, which wouldn't let me distribute such modified distroes if based on Active State. So any help greatly appreciated. I've Googled the Web and comp.lang.perl-misc with pretty bad results so far. Gotta go now. -- With kind regards Veli-Pekka Tätilä ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Accessibility, game music, synthesizers and programming: http://www.student.oulu.fi/~vtatila/ _______________________________________________ Perl-Win32-Users mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe: http://listserv.ActiveState.com/mailman/mysubs
