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Horos <horos@earth.he.net> writes: >implementation with limits on the size of the arrays. IMO, you should be able >to configure at compile time: > >Include keyword 'open' in perl library? [y] ... > >So, what is really 'in the core' is just the syntax and the C code for >parsing/interpreting that syntax. The 'outer core' (what we call the >distribution now) would be intelligent defaults for these answers. The >'outer outer' core would be a pdk of some sort. I would go slightly further in one direction, and not as far in another. That is I would always build 'perl' as the minimal thing. BUT I would include in that minimum the ability to dynamically load the other bits. Umpteen different perl executables with different capabilities is not easy to manage. One tiny perl which adapts to how it is used by calling for help should be. -- Nick Ing-SimmonsThread Previous | Thread Next