Re^3: Perl 11

I’m 110% in favor of the idea, as the slow kids say, and upvoted it. I doubt it’s remotely possible. Rperl, for example, only worked because it removed the deep magick from Perl. Perl6 is extremely hard to make good and fast and appear sooner than 18 years after the trick begins. So, again, I love the idea but I would really, really, really prefer to not hear about it again here unless there is something to run that resembles the proposal. The arguments and infighting are not fun and even less productive.

Sidebar: WebPerl is amazing and exactly the right thing to do here and now; and how about the fact that is works now.

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Re^4: Perl 11 by Anonymous Monk on Oct 24, 2018 at 03:41 UTC
Rperl, for example, only worked because it removed the deep magick from Perl. I'm no expert in this but according to the RPerl kickstarter page an "RPerl v3.0 High-Magic Serial Compiler For Linux" would cost $30k. Does that (High-Magic) mean it would be a fully-functional Perl that would "run up to 200 times faster than pure Perl, with full backward compatibility" like current RPerl? If so, what do you think would happen if we did have a drop in replacement for perl that's as fast as C++? I ask because that sounds like a good deal, and I can secure the funding. www.kickstarter.com/projects/wbraswell/perl-5-optimizing-compiler-rperl-v10	[reply]
Re^5: Perl 11 by Corion (Patriarch) on Oct 24, 2018 at 08:03 UTC
Last time I looked at it, the idea of RPerl made things like DBI impossible (resp. in need of a rearchitecture of DBI, all its drivers and scripts that use them ). This makes it a non-starter to me.	[reply]
Re^5: Perl 11 by Your Mother (Archbishop) on Oct 24, 2018 at 18:26 UTC
I’ve never used RPerl but it sounds great and like something that would be perfect for micro-devices and phones and such. I’m not much of a “Maker” though so… The dates on the kickstarter page are four years old so I wouldn’t use it as a guide. RPerl is already at 4.0. I’m in favor of funding any and all serious Perl projects. Companies like booking.com put quite a lot of money into that already. Personally I am only willing/able to donate personal time, patches and code that arise from work when I’m allowed, and advocacy. Update: linkified booking, they deserve the SEO.	[reply]