On 6/6/05, Konovalov, Vadim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I try to stick to the hectic pace at which Pugs evolves :) > > > > http://pixigreg.com/?pxperl > > is it possible to have an alternative approach of just zip-packed binaries?
What do you mean? Please explain. Do you want a separate package for Pugs and Parrot? PXPerl consists of an installer, it's not only an archive. Which means you have shortcuts and environment variables set, as well as relocation done, automatically for you. It's a complete, ready to run, Perl distribution. > > Also, there is mentioned some Intel compiler for better performance... how > it is supported? > For the best of my knowledge, only gcc, msvc++ and borland are supported on > Win32... am I wrong? > Yes! :) Intel C++ Compiler is a Windows (and Linux) compiler which produces faster code for Intel processors. With other processor brands, its code is roughly as fast as with VC++ compiler (3% better with perlbench on my AMD 2000+ box). Used with correct flags (like in PXPerl), it produces specialized code for Pentium IV (with special extensions) for critical sections, as well as the classical x86 code, which means that binaries will run on any x86 Windows platform. For both, it performs deep global optimizations, too. The drawback is that binaries are usually twice bigger than VC++ compiler ones. Regards, -- Grgoire Pan aka PixiGreg www.pixigreg.com [EMAIL PROTECTED]
