With the release of the MSVC cmdline tools, I started wondering what this might do to ActiveState, and ActivePerl in specific. Here's a few thoughts I had, in no particular order:
- Immediately, it does nothing, because every module with XS now needs to be tested against the new cmdline tools, and probably modified. (q.v. 346164)
- ActivePerl is more than just Perl - it's also an ActiveX extension and has support for ASP. Could those be supported outside ActivePerl? Would they?
- Does this have an impact outside of Perl, such as Python and Ruby? Lisp, even?
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Then there are Damian modules.... *sigh* ... that's not about being less-lazy -- that's about being on some really good drugs -- you know, there is no spoon. - flyingmoose