use Perl

• CamelPack (Score:1)

  by sigzero (5768)

  While I am a Win32 user I really do not like the current CamelPack. I wish they would have picked up PXPerl or at least used MinGW instead of DEV-C++.
  • Re:CamelPack (Score:1)

    by Alias (5735)

    (for variable values of $they)
    
    $they tried. $they did what you said. $they tried it several times. $they all failed.
    
    So $they held a competition to see what other options there were?
    
    $they'd LOVE CamelPack improved by using what you suggest instead of using Dev-C.
    
    $they are waiting for your release of PXPerl that does what you say.
  • Re:CamelPack (Score:2)

    by bart (450)

    I've been wondering... I've had a look at Dev-C++ [sourceforge.net]. It looks to me like it uses MinGW or a compatible (gcc) compiler. So if it works with Dev-C++, I should think it should work with MinGW without the IDE too... no? All you would have to do, is figure out what command line switches they're using.
    • Re:CamelPack (Score:1)

      by stennie (6601)

      In fact, DevC++ *is* using MinGW. The problem, as mentioned in other comments, lies in interpreting the MinGW docs to derive and setup a sensible environment:
              http://www.mingw.org/ [mingw.org]
              https://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=2435 [sourceforge.net]
      
      I would consider the first versions of the camelpack/vanilla installers as proof that a straightforward install is actually possibly on Windows (at least one that meets minimum requirements for Alias' testing).
      
      Rathe