On Saturday 12 January 2008 20:14:55 Andy Lester wrote: > It's a start, but how about this: > > --- begin --- > > Parrot 0.5.2 brings a major new feature to users: The ability to build > a perl6 executable. > > Parrot has been creating bytecode for years, but the conversion of > these Parrot bytecode, or PBC, files is a relatively new function. > Now, with the pbc_to_exe program, Parrot can compile high-level > languages, such as Perl 6, into PBC and then create a standalone > executable that doesn't need to be run > through the Parrot runtime.
That final sentence isn't completely true. The executables link against libparrot and, after a little bit of setup, run the bytecode as normal. You just get a nicer interface and a named application this way. -- c
