Believe it or not, this IS the 21st century. The application installation process is a basic function that has been going on for over 45 years. So the expectation is that today, it works for the vast majority of situations. It is a sad indication of the state of software technology(?). There seems to be no learning from others, just start from scratch on each and every design. Each and every designer relearns the good and the bad without ever passing the knowledge on to following generations.

Backing up the over 31k files and 1GB of space is NOT the answer for a standard installation. I have hundreds of applications installed and most of them don't need to be backed-up. Data needs to be backed-up, not static applications.

Perl is (was) a wonderful platform, but it has been going downhill at a rapid pace. Strawberry Perl is a good example of the decline.

In any event, thanks, your comments and emphasis were interesting.

Thanks,

EigenFunctions
Win7 x64 Service Pack 1

In reply to Re^4: Strawberry Perl, from 5.18 to 5.22 by EigenFunctions
in thread Strawberry Perl, from 5.18 to 5.22 by EigenFunctions

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