Hi everyone, I am a bit confused and was wondering if someone could clear things up for me. A perl module ending with the .pm extension is just a file containing perl source code right? A file that gets interpreted by Perl and run. A file that does not need to be compiled into a binary file in order to be used by Perl. Right? Since the above seems to be the case (in my understanding) then why does it seem that I cannot just install a module through PPM, copy the .pm file of that module to my Unix hoster, and use that module by including the module directory into the 'use lib' line of my Perl programs? Is there more to installing a module than just copying the .pm file around? I have read about the need to compile a module to use it on Unix. Why is there a need to compile modules at all if we have the .pm file? Should not one .pm file work as well on Windows OR Unix given that they both have working versions of Perl?? Thanks. --- Carlos www.internetsuccess.ca (not operational yet). _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ ActivePerl mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://listserv.ActiveState.com/mailman/listinfo/activeperl
