"dave_w" <dave.willmer@gmail.com> wrote in message
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My main Perl program is presently about 3500 lines of code long and 160 KB
in size. So I am not too anxious to translate it into another language.

The problem I am having is largely with the mechanics of linking modules to
the Perl compiler etc. So I am looking for experts who can help with
cookbook instructions, start with step 1, step 2, step 3 etc.

With trying to find a chart program to use for example, there appear to be a
number of them. But from examining their instructions it looks like most of
them must also be linked to a third program called Gnuplot. And that
increases the complexity of getting something running.