Re: [MacPerl] Perl Standalone on a CD-ROM

[Chris Nandor <pudge@pobox.com>]

At 10.23 -0400 1998.10.08, Tim Endres wrote:
>Of course, the fact that Perl is a program does not prevent creating a CD
>that will fire up Perl on any platform. Obviously this is possible, since
>game companies have been doing this for years. It is simply a complexity
>that no one has had the justification to create.

Correct.  A "better" way would be to have the user install perl locally
(possibly putting per, Perl for Win32, and MacPerl on the CD), and then
make sure the scripts Do The Right Thing on all available platforms.
Still, a tough job.

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