Personally, I too would love to see some form of Perl for the PalmOS. Yes we are limited by hardware constraints, but can one really expect a full fledged port of Perl just yet? I do believe that some form of simplified Perl can be done.

I have found PocketC at OrbWorks to be a really useful tool, for me as a student. It's nice to be able to prototype ideas as I think of them in class. A couple semesters ago I prototyped the final project for my Intro to Computer Organization class in PocketC and ever since then I've been hoping to do a sort of PocketPerl. I tried last semester to do just that during my Programming Languages class, because we were supposed to write a simple compiler, which while essentially quite easy, when I tried to port it over to PalmOS, I discovered was much more difficult. I had hoped to eventually turn it into something similar to PocketC , but then came finals and there went free time. If I can help in some way Dr. Lambado, I'd love to, even if I am just an inexperienced initiate.

In reply to Re: palm perl porting, problems? by Ri-Del
in thread palm perl porting, problems? by dr_lambado

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