Questions tagged [perlcc]

perlcc is the Perl Compiler and the front end to B::C

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Why is there a separate "perl" compiler and "perlcc" frontend for Perl?

I am trying to make an executable out of my Perl code and then I realized that there is no such option available with the perl compiler. After a bit of searching, I found perlcc, which is a frontend for the Perl compiler and does the job (produces a…
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Compiling Perl for Faster FastCGI Operation

I've been exploring compiling Perl programs as a way to improve the initial startup time on a complex Perl CGI program. @Rurban's detailed overview was very helpful to me. Compiling my main process script yields a faster startup time using perlcc -o…
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How can I test if a module is compatible with the Perl compiler (perlcc)?

Is there a way, given a module on CPAN to determine if that module can run in the Perl Compiler, (perlcc). If I try to compile the testing suite itself, running the ./t files does not produce any output. Here is test.t, #!/usr/bin/perl use…
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Installing B::C with cpanm hangs?

When I install B::C with cpanm, it hangs $ sudo cpanm B::C --> Working on B::C Fetching http://www.cpan.org/authors/id/R/RU/RURBAN/B-C-1.57.tar.gz ... OK Configuring B-C-1.57 ... OK Building and testing B-C-1.57 ... ^C
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