Re: Perl on Palm

Actually, one can create perl applications for the PalmOS, in fact there are many modules on CPAN that relate to that area:

.. Just to name a few. I'm not quite sure when or if one will be able to install and actually code on the PalmPilot or PalmOS. Then again, with the changing of technology and the advancement of both the language and the hardware - who knows, the future may not be that far away.

Update: fpi and dvergin made excellent points, I had not looked closely enough. Erf, that's what I get for being tired and responding too soon. :)

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Re: Re: Perl on Palm by fpi (Monk) on Mar 13, 2001 at 14:00 UTC
I saw those modules also, but after closer inspection, I believe they are modules to access the data in the palm database format - data that is synchronized onto your hard drive after a hot sync. In other words, those modules are for applications that exist on your desktop computer, not your palm. However, I found no modules for drawing PalmOS widgets, so I assumed it was not even remotely possible yet to write a Perl program to actually run on the palm....But I guess those existing modules will be used to access the data, should Perl on Palm ever become feasible.	[reply]
Re: Re: Perl on Palm by dvergin (Monsignor) on Mar 13, 2001 at 14:02 UTC
These are helpful modules. But just so no one is misled by the phrase 'one can create perl applications for the PalmOS, these each are tools for use on a PC for building or handling PalmOS compatable data. So they can be used to create applications that will work with data on a PC that can be swapped back and forth with a Palm. But the applications created in this way will not run on the Palm itself. Thanks for the references, LD2. I hadn't gotten around to seeing what was on CPAN along these lines.	[reply]