Re^2: Updating CamelPack, or how to get ActiveState to use CPAN

Once you have installed a compatible compiler (I use MinGW) and nmake, ActiveState's cpan is happy to use it with good results. Only in the most extreme circumstances I have to revert to using ppm.

As I have a daily updated mini-cpan on my harddisk, I can almost always install any needed modules (except when they need external non-perl libraries and such) wherever I may be. It would be much more difficult to do so if you only rely on ppm.

CountZero

A program should be light and agile, its subroutines connected like a string of pearls. The spirit and intent of the program should be retained throughout. There should be neither too little or too much, neither needless loops nor useless variables, neither lack of structure nor overwhelming rigidity." - The Tao of Programming, 4.1 - Geoffrey James

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