On Sat, 25 Nov 2006 08:11:55 -0800, "cliveb" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > > oreillymj;157388 Wrote: > > Unless you plan to start developing in perl, there is no reason to > > install Activestate perl. > > ... > > Slimserver for Windows is developed in perl and compiled using > > Activestate development tools into a Windows .exe file. > > Everything needed to run the app is delivered within the Slimserver > > installer. You do not need to install anything else. > OK, I understand. I did not realise that the Slimserver Perl code was > already compiled. Thanks for clarifying this.
Well, it's not exactly compiled. That explains why the Plugins are installed as Perl source code. In fact the activestate 'compiler' just takes a copy of the interpreter and all the source files and libraries that you need and bundles them together in one exe file. When the exe file is executed the compiler is extracted and starts processing the bundled source code. It's quite an interesting system. Regards, Peter _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
