On Tuesday 24 April 2007 15:35:04 Bob Hunter wrote:
> But I am just repeating myself. So is PAR ... up
> to par with technology? If not, is this from me a new
> idea? If not, why it has not been developed already?
Hi Bob, I produce Perl applications for both Unix and Windows platforms; I
package using PAR on the target platform and it works very well.
What you are suggesting is not a new idea and I hazard that it hasn't been
developed already because those that have tried have failed and reverted to
the existing method of packaging on the target platform that works perfectly,
and it works right now.
On the subject of system calls: I often construct a system call at runtime
according to some input that is unknown at time of packaging; hell, sometimes
I decide on a library to use at runtime! And in such cases, how can PAR
possibly work out what that system call is going to be?
I think you'll find that it ain't worth complicating a simple tool (pp,
simple? :) ) by adding incomplete and flawed features when a bit of pragmatic
common sense and knowledge of the application you're packaging will suffice.
Just my 2c. Feel free to ignore (or ignite!)
Regards,
Michael Erskine.
--
Murphy's Laws:
(1) If anything can go wrong, it will.
(2) Nothing is as easy as it looks.
(3) Everything takes longer than you think it will.
