On Wed, Nov 13, 2002 at 03:06:03PM -0500, Dan Sugalski wrote: > The goal is for Parrot to require a C compiler and a platform shell > or Make tool (either one) and that's it. We will ship with bytecode > files that have the bits needed for the build precompiled, so if the > perl compiler's partially written in perl, we'll ship a perl6.pbc in > the distribution.
I believe that it can be done with just a C compiler. (no make tool or shell needed). If we use an equipped machine to unroll the makefile into the correct steps (in the correct order), and turn that into C code that runs each in turn, then we can bootstrap enough to run bytecode. (and a bytecode make tool) Please archive this message and hold it against me when the time comes, and you're looking for someone to prove it by making it work. Nicholas Clark -- vapourware better than perl? http://www.perl.org/advocacy/spoofathon/
