On 9 April 2010 08:32, Jeremy White <jez_wh...@hotmail.com> wrote: > All, > I have just checked in some changes that will allow the building of > Win32::GUI with 64 bit perl. The resulting dll's are all 64 bit meaning they > run native on 64 bit machines with all the advantages (access to more memory > and increased performance).
Jeremy, Thank you very much for this - I hope I will have a chance to look at it (and possibly make a 1.07 release?) in the not too distant future. Cheers, Rob. > At this stage, the changes should be considered > the first draft but so far I haven't found any issues in testing. Some of > the modules don't compile with mingw as they rely on MS frameworks such as > Win32::GUI::Grid. > I would be grateful for any reports of issues/problems. These changes have > been tested with the 64bit version of mingw not with the 64 bit version of > the Microsoft compiler, but that should also work. The changes should also > be compatible with any 32 bit compiler. > Strawberry perl has started to ship a version with a version of 64 bit mingw > built in: > > http://strawberryperl.com/download/strawberry-perl-5.12.0-RC0.0-64bit-beta-1.msi > > or: > > http://strawberryperl.com/download/strawberry-perl-5.12.0-RC0.0-64bit-beta-1.zip > > Once downloaded and installed (on a 64bit machine!) it's just a case of > getting the source from sourceforge and running Makefile.PL. If you have a > problem getting the source, drop me a mail off list and I'll email it to > you. > Cheers, > jez. > > > > > ________________________________ > Get a new e-mail account with Hotmail - Free. Sign-up now. > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval > Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs > proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. > See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev > _______________________________________________ > Perl-Win32-GUI-Users mailing list > Perl-Win32-GUI-Users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/perl-win32-gui-users > http://perl-win32-gui.sourceforge.net/ > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev _______________________________________________ Perl-Win32-GUI-Users mailing list Perl-Win32-GUI-Users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/perl-win32-gui-users http://perl-win32-gui.sourceforge.net/
