I believe the perl machine (shaped like a clam shell?) was an april fools joke of some sort, though more of the 'kernel of truth in humour' sort of thing. I'd think the tough part of a kernel in perl would be ... well, wouldn't the driver level stuff have to be compiled to machine code to get it to work? I mean, if you boot up enough of a kernel to get a perl interpreter working, haven't you just got linux (or whatever) running perl?

'course there's talk of embedded perl for odd devices, so maybe I should shutup.

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In reply to RE: RE: Perlix Kernel project by Anonymous Monk
in thread Perlix Kernel project by Rydor

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