build an interpreter in perl

Anonymous Monk has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

hello i have read an article "How to build an interpreter in Java" ; ie a Basic interpreter in java. i wonder if it is possible : "How to build an interpreter in perl" ??. perl is written in C , why not write another fantasia language in perl??. i seek your wisdom for this issue. thanks

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Re: build an interpreter in perl by Utilitarian (Vicar) on Oct 29, 2009 at 11:58 UTC
Parse::RecDescent may be what you are looking for	[reply]
Re: build an interpreter in perl by almut (Canon) on Oct 29, 2009 at 12:10 UTC
Parse::Eyapp would be another module to look at... (comes with pretty good documentation and examples).	[reply]
Re: build an interpreter in perl by Ratazong (Monsignor) on Oct 29, 2009 at 14:31 UTC
Just google for 99 bottles of beer or esoteric programming langauges to find a variety of suitable fantasia languages. Many come with a Perl interpreter (e.g. lolcode, piet or Ook!), so you can compare your code with the existing solutions (e.g. this one for Ook! Ook interpreter). enjoy! Rata	[reply]
Re: build an interpreter in perl by hangon (Deacon) on Oct 29, 2009 at 17:21 UTC
How about a Perl interpreter in Perl? ;-) `open FH, "$ARGV[-1]"; eval "@{[<FH>]}";` [download]	[reply] [d/l]
Re^2: build an interpreter in perl by Anonymous Monk on Oct 29, 2009 at 17:31 UTC
perldoc -f do `do $ARGV[-1];` [download] magic-diamond <> behavior -- WHAT?!	[reply] [d/l]