I think I should use plain XS instead of Inline::C to have only 2 steps

If you're going to compile the XS module using gcc-4 before sending it to the various client PC's then you still leave yourself open to the very same dll-dependency problem.

If you compile with gcc-3 it won't be a problem (though this is a poor reason for using gcc-3 instead of gcc-4 imo) ... or if you just distribute the source to the client PC's and leave the XS compilation to be done on those client machines then you also avoid the issue.

Even if you were to compile the XS component using a post-MSVC++6 Microsoft compiler you would strike a similar problem in that the compiled code would depend upon a runtime library that might not be present on the client PC.

However, I don't think you should worry too much about these issues. They are solvable and you'll soon work out what needs to be done if they jump up and bite you.
The good news is that whenever a dll is not found, the error message (pop-up) gives you the name of that dll.

Cheers,
Rob

In reply to Re^3: Inline::C and Dist::Zilla by syphilis
in thread Inline::C and Dist::Zilla by basiliscos

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