I haven't played with it recently, but I'd expect perlcc to be less likely to work under perl-5.8.0 than under 5.6.1. The problem is that it requires a lot of effort to keep it working correctly as the internals of perl evolve, and very few people seem to have the necessary combination of time, interest and an understanding of the code.

Part of the problem, I suspect, is that none of the internals hackers perceive perlcc as doing anything remotely useful: perhaps when someone works out how to achieve something a bit closer to what we feel in our hearts it ought to be doing (translating perl functions to C functions, and loop counters to C ints, for example) that might give them the impetus to put in the necessary effort.

More likely, though, any such effort would be better invested in the Parrot project, and making sure that we can do a good job of compiling perl5 to work efficiently in that environment.

My apologies if this comes as unwelcome news.

Hugo

In reply to Re: perlcc guidlines needed by hv
in thread perlcc guidlines needed by cknowlton

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