Re: [MacPerl] Whither MacPerl?

[David Turley <dturley@pobox.com>]

In message "Re: [MacPerl] Whither MacPerl?", Chris Nandor wrote:

>But I really don't think MacPerl is far out in terms of portability.  Aside
>from Tk and DBI (which admittedly are major),

A very good point. Perhaps my views are jaded by time I spent looking at
some Tk/perl stuff under windows. :-) The whole DB (not just perl DBI)
thing with macs is a whole 'nother topic. When I first started looking at
perl, DBI was my hope for a solution. But alas...

>works because someone took the time to make it work,
>not because the Windows port allows for more portability than does the Mac
>port.

Excellent point, I guess the size of the user base determines the odds of
there being enough qualified people (with the time) to do those things.


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