I have this question because my colleague were trying to use a perl script I wrote on AIX 6.1 lately.

I tested the script on 5.12 linux version. Since built-in perl version in AIX 6.1 is 5.8.8, we have to update some modules to fit my script such as Cwd. unfortunately, the update of modules stuck us for a long time.

Finally, the script was working on AIX, but the price is that I remove invocation of Cwd and other modules similar to be possible to raise issues from my script, make use of standard modules shipped with perl at most, and rewite the part of the script about database calling in java because we all know installation of DBD::Oracle in AIX is another thing make headache, and time left us was short.

So, my question is , why perl5 doesn't run over a virtual machine like JVM does? In my opinion, it would make codes more portable and easy install. have any perl gurus been trying to port perl5 to Parrot or even JVM?

just a random question, hope gurus can enlighten me. Thanks



I am trying to improve my English skills, if you see a mistake please feel free to reply or /msg me a correction

In reply to why is there no a PVM for perl? by xiaoyafeng

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