On Wed, 20 Oct 1999, Aengus Lawlor wrote:
> I downloaded the new version to try the form interface, and I'm afraid I
> got an unpleasant surprise. anlgform is now implemented as a perl
> script, and I don't have perl installed on my server, so I couldn't use
> it.
>
> I'm not knocking perl, and the ActiveState implementation is very
> impressive, but I'm not going to be able to get permission to install it
> on our production NT servers. I hope someone will implement this
> functionality as a standalone .EXE. (The perl script approach is
> obviously much more flexible, but one of the attractions of Analog is
> that it doesn't involve the installation of any DLLs or registry
> entries).
>
It's also more secure than an exe because you can read the source. And it's
modifiable by the person installing it. (So for example, you no longer
need to have analog in a place I decide).
I'm just explaining my reasons for moving to Perl. It wasn't a decision I
took lightly as I had to learn Perl first. But I think it's the better
solution.
Anyway, I believe Jeremy has made a compiled version of the Perl script
available as an exe now.
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