It is possible to turn a perl script into c code using B::CC or into Jasmin assembler with B::JVM::Jasmin. However I doubt these are what you are looking for. You will probably end up in a situation where you will use a module like Parse::RecDescent to analyse each line in turn and output preformatted assembler. This is likely to be quite a task.

Another idea to follow would be to turn the whole thing on it's head and do a perl program that does the same as the game does. Accepts 'bots' (blocks of perl code) and evals them. I have worked on something a little like this while at university (which, unfortunately ate my code) while looking at ways of making MUD monsters AI more I and less A. It actually worked quite well.

$japh->{'Caillte'} = $me;


In reply to Re: perl as a compiler by Caillte
in thread perl as a compiler by tonyday

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