in reply to Re: ActiveState’s Perl Installer
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Plus, the ActiveState PPM3 web site says: "The PPM back end for ActivePerl is released under the Perl Artistic License." So if you're not happy with PPM3, take it, embrace it, extend it, and make it your own!

Also, what did people do before PPM? Can't we still MAKE, MAKE TEST, MAKE INSTALL?

Cheers!

Brent

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Re: Re: Re: ActiveState’s Perl Installer
by impossiblerobot (Deacon) on Jan 26, 2002 at 00:30 UTC
    Also, what did people do before PPM? Can't we still MAKE, MAKE TEST, MAKE INSTALL?
     The answer is no, at least when it comes to XS modules. To compile XS modules that will work with ActiveState requires paying Microsoft for a their C/C++ compiler.

    Of course, there are Perl distributions compiled with free compilers, and you can alway compile your own Perl. But using XS modules with ActiveState without using PPM is a real pain.

    Impossible Robot
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