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Postings from June 2006
> Most of the Win32 functionality that you mention is missing from core > perl in your other mail is contained in the libwin32 package. There > have been discussions in the past about including that in the core, but > it has usually been rejected on the grounds of bloating the core too > much, which is probably a fair point from non-Win32 users' perspectives. Indeed, and I've been looking at libwin32 over the last few weeks with a eye towards what it might take to break it up into seperate modules. For the modules for which it is clearly necesary to merge into the core, we could then do so without the entirely of libwin32 being needed. > I've personally never heard of anyone trying to use perl on Win32 > without having libwin32 installed anyway, so including it in the core > wouldn't change Win32 users' lives that much. It isn't hard to install, > being all in one bundle, and for those who can't manage there's always > ActivePerl. *waves* Might I suggest installing Vanilla to experience what it's like, if you have a spare hour. Adam K