perl and ports

[Gert Cuykens]

On Mon, 24 Jan 2005 21:53:01 -0800, Kris Kennaway <kris at obsecurity.org> wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 25, 2005 at 03:30:05PM +1000, Warren wrote:
> > On Tue, 25 Jan 2005 03:28 pm, Gert Cuykens wrote:
> > > does cvsup need perl ?
> >
> > Yes
> 
> Only to compile it from ports, not to run the resulting package.
> 
> Kris
> 

this is what i dont understand only need perl to compile it ?

so some pakeges need perl to compile and some dont ? why not make them
all perl independent ?