The link you posted and quoted from is interesting, but it seems like a lead that has gone cold. Way back in 2009, Nicolas Clark already commented on the concept, here: http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/2009/04/msg145436.html, where he explained that it might be an interesting project for an intern, but would probably require too much of a time commitment from the intern's mentor (paraphrasing).

But the reason I say it's gone cold is because the github repo is gone, and the original blog author's own URL at the bottom of the page is now dead. Without code, you're starting over again. But more importantly, it would be good to discuss with the original author why he believes it fizzled out. Maybe his wife had a baby and he got too busy to work on it. May be he didn't have enough experience or understanding. Maybe he wasn't able to show enough of a benefit to convince others to join the project and share the enthusiasm. Or maybe it was just a dead end. But it would be worth finding out before investing too much time starting over again.


Dave

In reply to Re: Perl 5 Optimizing Compiler, Part 4: LLVM Backend? by davido
in thread Perl 5 Optimizing Compiler, Part 4: LLVM Backend? by Will_the_Chill

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