Bob Davis wrote:
I am using cygwin currently.
It has the following problems:
1. Requires cygwin dll's(cygwin1.dll cygcrypt-0.dll cygperl5_8.dll) to
be predistributed to target machines
2. Can't embed icon or version in exe
I am thinking of switching to a native win32 perl to get around these
problems. Choices so far.
1. Strawberry perl.
pro: uses cpan and is more like rest of perls.
con: isn't listed on cpan as tested for various modules.
con: never used it before.
2. Activestate
pro: been around a long time and is therefore stable?
pro: I have used it for many years before I switched to cygwin.
con: uses ppm and other non standard tools.
I assume that either of these perls fix my problems(limitations) with
cygwin.
bob
Great info guys.
Thanks for all the good information.
Based on what jan dubois said I might go with strawberry perl.
Jan are you still working for activestate?
Is there any problems with having 2 perl's installed on one machine.
Like cygwin and strawberry? Obviously I would have to change the path to
put either strawberry or cygwin in the path. Is there deeper things like
reqistry entries etc. ?
