Two other facts which seem relevant, that haven't been mentioned so far: 1) Perl is currently supported on many more platforms than OpenSSL is 2) OpenSSL requires perl during its build process For both of these reasons, core perl *cannot* require OpenSSL. -- Paul "LeoNerd" Evans leonerd@leonerd.org.uk | https://metacpan.org/author/PEVANS http://www.leonerd.org.uk/ | https://www.tindie.com/stores/leonerd/Thread Previous | Thread Next