in reply to Re^4: 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
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

Ah - then you will need to see the platform specific packages for whatever platform (.ppm for ActiveState Perls, .deb for Debian etc.) you are using. Depending on the kind of platform, you even get management of external dependencies.

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