Dave Mitchell writes:
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: > Briefly: We want the Perl 6 runtime to be an equivalent of the Microsoft
: > CLR, so that if you can somehow get bytecode onto it - from whatever
: > language - you can run it. So we've got some bytecode that perl can run.
: > Now think about what B::Deparse does.
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: I knew the intention was to go the B::Deparse route,
It was, but the current intention is to pursue Perl 5 translation (and
maybe even a limp-along compatibility mode) via an alternate parser
sitting beside the standard Perl 6 parser. Then people can convert
piecemeal when they see the benefits of Perl 6 outweighing the risks.
Still, we won't aim for 100% bug compatibility. If 99.99% of scripts
translate, that's good enough for me. :-)
Actually, if 95% of Perl 5 scripts translate, I'll be overjoyed.
Larry
