in reply to Does Perl run on ARM?

Yes, perl runs on ARM platforms. Do you have a specific ARM system in mind? My main ARM development experience is the Raspberry Pi which runs a Debian variant. For context an untweaked system running from SD card (slow for IO) can build perl in a little over two hours via perlbrew. You can make some tweaks to the system to lower memory usage which speeds things up a little when compiling.

Cross compiling for this platform is described here reasonably well.

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Re^2: Does Perl run on ARM?
by BrowserUk (Patriarch) on Apr 12, 2014 at 15:30 UTC

    Not yet. The device in question is still being specified; but is likely to be one of these(pdf) (Toshiba TMPM330FDFG 32-bit ARM Cortex M3).

    I see from the responses that the easiest route to having Perl available is if the target is running under some Linux variant. I'm not sure that will be the case; hence my question regarding cross-compilation.

    What I am beginning to realise is that it's still too early to be looking at this until more information about the device (still in stealth mode) is available.

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      So what OS are you going to run? Android? WinCE? WinRT? Symbian?
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        Good question, but not one that I can answer at this stage.

        I won't have much influence in the choice; though I'm pretty sure that "win" won't appear in the name.

        I'd expect it to be RTOS or QNX or similar, though I guess android is a possibility.

        With the rise and rise of 'Social' network sites: 'Computers are making people easier to use everyday'
        Examine what is said, not who speaks -- Silence betokens consent -- Love the truth but pardon error.
        "Science is about questioning the status quo. Questioning authority".
        In the absence of evidence, opinion is indistinguishable from prejudice.
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      Obligatory "Hackers" quote...

      Kate: Indeed. RISC architecture is gonna change everything.
      Dade: Yeah. RISC is good.

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