converting perl code to a standard Dll

tallulah has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

hi
is it possible to convert perl code to a standard windows dll wich can be called from another program ?
i know the perl code can be converted to exe or to activex/com dll using activestate pdk, but why converting to a standard dll are abandoned !! even it is more portable than activex dll ; ie it does not require to be registered by regsvr32.exe.
thanks

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Re: converting perl code to a standard Dll by thunders (Priest) on Oct 31, 2009 at 20:41 UTC
Which perl features do you want to use in your code? It should be possible to embed a perl interpreter in a DLL written in C or C++, and you can call perl functions from C code (see perlembed and perlcall). For ActiveState you will probably need to use something like Visual Studio or Visual C++ Express to build your DLL. There is another perl distribution called Strawberry Perl that includes the gcc compiler, which you can also use to build a DLL.	[reply]
Re: converting perl code to a standard Dll by ikegami (Patriarch) on Oct 31, 2009 at 20:39 UTC
Yes, it's possible to embed Perl in an executable, incl a .dll perlembed	[reply]
Re: converting perl code to a standard Dll by Anonymous Monk on Oct 31, 2009 at 20:16 UTC
There is no ready made solution, but it is possible	[reply]