Is Tinyperl dead?

Question

I'm looking for a light and portable perl release and found this one, but it seems there is no activity since 2003, which could be ok for me but I want to know if there is known issues.

So, if you can provide me some feedbacks, you're wellcome :)

Answer 1

From my experience, the best way to make distributable Perl scripts for Windows systems is to use a packager like PAR::Packer or ActiveState's PerlApp.

Of course this only works if you don't need to do anything on the fly. But it works really well if you have a collection of scripts that you want to move around and use on many systems.

Answer 2

As a replacement for .bat files, as you indicate in your comments, I have found that I can install enough CPAN modules with Strawberry Perl to make more-or-less cross-platform Perl scripts.

Answer 3

See also Is there a portable Perl? which points to the portable version of Strawberry Perl

There is also a Portable Perl from PortableApps

NB: I have used neither one