in reply to Perl Server (feasibility issues)

.Net is only effect inasmuch as you can run the languages you want to under the CLR (Common Language Runtime). There are several languages to choose from (including a few environments that support Perl). You might want to have a look at the Mono project: http://www.go-mono.com.

--rjray

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Re: Re: Perl Server (feasibility issues)
by dakedesu (Scribe) on May 20, 2004 at 02:21 UTC

    I looked in the languages section, and did not see Perl as a supported language. Though, from what little I've gathered, that appears to be what I want to work on.

    Though, I would need to get a feel for it... are there any places, other than straight RTFM, that I could possibly play with languages that are already there? Just to get a feel?

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      There isn't any Perl support within the Mono project per-se. However, there's a dotPerl effort that someone mentioned on one of the mono mailing lists a week or two back, and there is also a Visual Studio.NET module/plug-in of some sort that ActiveState makes. Since these would ultimately produce .Net assemblies, you could then use them under a Mono system. However, both tools (as far as I know) would have to be run under Windows environments that support Visual Studio-level development (i.e. W2K or newer, excluding WinME).

      --rjray

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        So, are Mono and .Net bytecode interpretors? Hmmm, maybe those aren't what I want. Though, I will keep this information in mind for a few future projects.

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