IW Perl modules

When I include an IW perl module in a program, do I need to compile this module ?

I have never done this, someone asked me this question. So I am putting it here.

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Valentine

ummm.
Perl is an interpreted language,
Perl modules are plain text, no need to compile.

and you can't precompile them the way it's done in Pyton/Lisp

ISCBorisB

ummm.
Perl is an interpreted language,
Perl modules are plain text, no need to compile.

and you can't precompile them the way it's done in Pyton/Lisp

There actually exist Perl compilers for different Platforms ( CPAN perlcc and few others ).
There is also Parrot System (VM + Compilers) that may compile Perl to Parrot Bytecode.

None of that is used in TS of course Smiley Happy

RonaldV

Start reading:

http://safari.oreilly.com/browse?category=itbooks.prog.perl.ref

gzevin

There actually exist Perl compilers for different Platforms ( CPAN perlcc and few others ).
There is also Parrot System (VM + Compilers) that may compile Perl to Parrot Bytecode.

None of that is used in TS of course

nobody stops you from compiling perl and using it as, say, an external task.