Re^5: A great talk on Perl6

> Could NQP or another compiler produce also binary executables (not bytecode intended for virtual machines)?

One of the main problems with such ideas is to underestimate the dynamism of languages like Perl or JS.

Just think of the need to have the whole compiler backend to simulate eval.

Thats why one ends up using a VM with JIT compiler, like V8.

And of course those can be bundled into a stand-alone executable.

So the answer depends on the definition of "binary executable".

Cheers Rolf

( addicted to the Perl Programming Language)

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Re^6: A great talk on Perl6 by emilbarton (Scribe) on Apr 03, 2014 at 21:22 UTC
Right, thanks. I didn't think about eval.	[reply]
Re^6: A great talk on Perl6 by Anonymous Monk on Apr 03, 2014 at 20:30 UTC
You could use a specializing compiler which does Futamura projections to generate specialized executables, like PyPy does. But don't hold your breath for Rakudo to do that, because MOAR is more of the same "let's write it in C then shove a JIT up its arse" crap that doesn't work.	[reply]
Re^6: A great talk on Perl6 by emilbarton (Scribe) on Apr 05, 2014 at 06:19 UTC
But dynamic features such as eval could be compiled so as to target an external virtual machine or even the Perl5 interpreter.	[reply]