At 09:36 PM 5/28/00 -0400, Paul Rogers [CE] wrote:
>> Does this mean we will FINALLY be able to drop all the PPM crap and just
>> invoke the Visual Studio C compile where necessary on ANY CPAN module?
>> Ah, the simplicity of
>>
>> perl Makefile.PL
>> make test
>> make install
>
>And what's so complex about...
>
> ppm install module-name
>
>Nothing really. The bigger problem with many CPAN modules is not the
>M.PL/test/install sequence it's that many mods require other utilties
which are
>normally only found on unix systems. This is the basic problem that users
run
>up against when installing CPAN mods (on non-unix systems). Sure,
nmake.exe is
>easy enough to find, but what of other utils?
>
>In any event, I'm still awe struck by the "Visual Perl" announcement.
However,
>the concept does sound intriguing. Having a hard time accepting that MS
is so
>closely embracing perl.
Same old story and Microsoft philosophy. Embrace, extend and extinguish.
Perl was once the software for all computers and operating systems. Ports
once supported
Borland compilers. Microsoft provided dollars to Activestate under the
auspices of providing
Perl for Win32 and Borland is abandoned. Coincidental. I don't think so.
Hope the DOJ is successful . Until they are, Microsoft will continue to
weaken innovations outside
of their house or extend and extinguish software to their liking.
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