>And sometimes, I wish that there was a method for *compiling* these commonly >used modules into the interpreter itself, as part of Configure. I swear that >having this feature would get rid of 60% of the 'should this functionality >be in the core' arguments that are on p5p. > Ok, a bit of a clarification - when I say 'compiling these commonly used modules, etc. etc.), I mean that a default 'PERL_HEADER' environmental variable is compiled in, which then can be overridden, added onto, etc. etc. etc. This would help get over the 'non-portability' hump - if people get used to the module present and compiled into the executable, saying export PERL_HEADER='' would provide an easy means of getting a module ready for export to the world. Ed