Windows is a much smaller target to hit, in a way, than Linux and Unix ...

And? You forgot to explain how you think this relates.

It’s also worth noting that a language compiler is usually not available by default on Windows boxes.

And? Again, you forgot to explain why you think this matters.

The ActiveState Perl (vs. Strawberry) team takes a rather unique approach to their deployments, and of course it is a purposeful part of their chosen strategy that they have done so.

You forgot to mention what you're talking about. I think you're referring to ppm or its installation of MinGW, but you're wrong either way. Neither are unique to ActivePerl.

You seem to have rushed your post, posting only premises and hoping we'd be able to guess the arguments you would form from those premises. Please start over.

In reply to Re^3: Why is it in some other popular languages fewer steps and potential issues when installing libraries no testing needed and no compilation of C/C++ code done by ikegami
in thread Why are other popular languages very different from Perl when installing libraries, e.g. no testing needed and no compilation of C/C++ code done by hermida

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