>Hello!

>  I am  thinking about the  perl compiler,  and I thought  if somebody
>avoid  using  the  "eval  $scalar",  the  compiled  code  (perl  to  C
>compiled code) may  not contain a full perl interpreter. If  it is the
>case, we must  say to any module developer: Don't  use "eval $scalar"!
>This syntax should remain for small dirty scripts.
>  Most of the work should be done with "no strict" mode.

>  My suggestion is: declare "eval $scalar" as a bad guy.

>  Comments? (I may write an RFC if it worth...)

eval is very powerful.  Don't knock it.  Remember the beauty
of the read/eval/print loop from your first lisp class.

--tom

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