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If having a single compile doesn't prevent the nightmare

It might not prevent the whole nightmare, but nearly all real-world usage cases. So it is a good reason for separating compile time and run time.

Perl 6 - second systems done right

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Re^9: Perl 6 and Perl 5 parsing
by ikegami (Patriarch) on Jan 17, 2011 at 16:57 UTC

    I don't see how it helps at all, especially in real-world usage cases. Could you give a real-world example where it helps?

    The only cases I can come up with would only exist if someone intentionally wanted polymorphic code, and that can be done under with existing builds.

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