The problem with the size could be handled by making each perl script a separate function and combing them into one large script so that the overhead only gets incurred once.
On 5/4/07, Greg Snow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I have used the pp/par combination for Perl before. It is pretty straight > forward to convert an existing perl script into a stand alone windows > executable. > > Both the Activestate licence and the Perl Artistic licence allow for > embedding a script and perl interpreter together and distributing the > result. > > The current perl script(s) used for the R package build package could easily > be converted to a 'stand alone' windows executable and be distributed with > Rtools for those who do not want to install Perl themselves. > > The only drawback is that even a "Hello World" script will result in over a > meg sized executable (due to the perl interpreter being included). > > > ________________________________ > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of Gabor > Grothendieck > Sent: Fri 5/4/2007 11:55 AM > To: Doran, Harold > Cc: [email protected]; Duncan Murdoch > Subject: Re: [R] [SPAM] - Re: R package development in windows - > BayesianFilter detected spam > > > > > Just googling I found this: > > http://www.perlmonks.org/?node_id=186402 > > On 5/4/07, Doran, Harold <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > The best, of course, would be to get rid of Perl altogether. > > > > In Python, it is possible to make standalone executables. Is it possible > > to also do this in Perl, then one could eliminate a perl install. Or, is > > it possible to use Python to accomplish what perl is currently doing? I > > may be getting in over my head here since I really don't know what perl > > is doing under the hood. > > > > Harold > > > > ______________________________________________ > [email protected] mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide > http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. > ______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
