One big (for some) problem with Inline.pm is that it requires a working XS system. I really think this is the right way to do things, but it means that Inline won't work unless MakeMaker is working and you have a C compiler. If you compiled your own copy of Perl (as intended), then this should be no problem for you and Inline appears to kick arse (for one thing, I can tell just from reading the documentation that the authors knew what they were doing).

But there is a huge audience of Perl users who don't necessarilly have a C compiler and, even if they do, they have to do extra work to get MakeMaker working. These are people who download binary Perl distributions for platforms with poor standardization. Most notably, Win32 users are unlikely to be able to use Inline.pm.

        - tye (but my friends call me "Tye")

In reply to Inline.pm (Re: use lib 'http://perlmonks.org/perllib';) by tye
in thread use lib 'http://perlmonks.org/perllib'; by Rudif

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