Perl2exe

[massctrl]

Is anyone familiar with compiling perl files into executables (on Win32)

Why is a simple perlscript sooo big when compiled to an exe with perl2exe of indigosoft.

If you use the -tiny option it's relatively small but then you'll have a few extra dll's which isn't what i want.

Is there a better way ?

Greetings

Jay

 

[rickgerdes]

Short answer- You are building a perl compiler into the program. It's smaller than installing the entire compiler with bells and whistles.

Longer answer- It needs all those dll's to process the application. If you want it smaller, reduce the number of modules you need. I dropped Net::FTP from an application and the -tiny exe file dropped from 600+k to 350. And I dropped a dll too. The smaller and less convoluted the program, the smaller the footprint. For my purposes, I have a directory on my servers for the dll's. Each new app requires only new dll's to be added, and the couple hundred kb exe.

YMMV

Rick

 

[massctrl]

Fair enough,

thanks