I plan to attend On Thu, Sep 29, 2011 at 10:04 PM, G. Wade Johnson <[email protected]>wrote:
> Reini Urban has volunteered to present for the October meeting. The > topic is a basic introduction to the Perl compiler. > > A number of you may not have been aware that Perl had a compiler. Most > people are content to use Perl in its normal compile/execute mode. > Because people had use cases that would benefit from building an > executable from their Perl code, a Perl compiler was built years ago. > > Recently Reini has been taking the old compiler code and updating it to > support more current Perls. > > In this talk, Reini will cover > > * basic usage of the compiler and its current status > * the different "phases" of in the lifetime of Perl code > * some understanding of Perl OPs and what the compiler does with them > > He will also answer questions like: > > * How big will my compiled code be? > * What will the program include at compile-time, what is deferred to > run-time? > > This meeting will be more technical than usual, but it's a rare > opportunity to talk with someone who understands Perl's internals. You > really don't want to miss it. > > As always, our meeting will begin around 7pm on the second Thursday of > the month, October 13. We will meet at the normal location, 3131 W. > Alabama. > > Please let me know if you plan to attend, so I can be certain of the > food order. > > I look forward to seeing you there. > G. Wade > -- > Trying to outsmart a compiler defeats much of the purpose of using one. > -- Brian Kernighan and P.J. Plauger > _______________________________________________ > Houston mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/houston > Website: http://houston.pm.org/ > -- Abraham Baez 281.821.0101 Cellular "Abraham Baez" < [email protected] >
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