Despite its long-standing utility, ActiveState officially discontinued the sale of the Perl Dev Kit in . The product reached its final End of Life (EOL) on October 1, 2020 . ActiveState now advises users to move away from PDK and instead deploy programs unobfuscated or migrate to compiled languages. Modern Alternatives to PDK
However, users should be aware that the . ActiveState ceased sales of the product in 2016 and ended all support contracts by October 1, 2020. Key Features of the Original PDK Perl Dev Kit -PDK-
perlsvc --name "Secure Log Monitor" --display "Company Log Watcher" --start auto log_monitor.pl --exe log_monitor_svc.exe Modern Alternatives to PDK However, users should be
Imagine shipping a data-processing script to an accounting department. They don't know what CPAN is. They don't know how to set PERL5LIB . With the PDK, you give them invoice_processor.exe . They double-click. It runs. They don't know what CPAN is