Creating Perl DLLs to use from Windows programs, can it be done?

Theseus has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

OK, here's the deal. At work, I'm forced to program for the .NET platform much more than I'd like to, however, the functionality distributed with the .NET framework pales in comparison to the modules I could download and use from CPAN.

So, is there a way I can take the best of both worlds? Basically, can I write a class in Perl with methods that I can call and pass arguments to and have them return results to my programs that can be interpreted by the .NET platform?

If this can't be done with the standard utilities distributed with Perl, are there any third party utilities I can buy that will compile my perl into DLLs or executables that will do the trick? I'm willing to hear any solutions.

Comment on Creating Perl DLLs to use from Windows programs, can it be done?

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Re: Creating Perl DLLs to use from Windows programs, can it be done? by Aristotle (Chancellor) on Oct 27, 2002 at 00:56 UTC
ActiveState may have something for you. Makeshifts last the longest.	[reply]
Re: Creating Perl DLLs to use from Windows programs, can it be done? by jplindstrom (Monsignor) on Oct 27, 2002 at 09:59 UTC
And you can create COM objects (which is basically the .DLL you're asking for) using ActiveState's PDK. /J	[reply]