Aha - A FAQ - for the answer, read here: http://use.perl.org/~pmichaud/journal/39411
and here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rakudo_Perl Cheers, Steve On Fri, Mar 19, 2010 at 4:05 AM, Wendell Hatcher < wendell_hatc...@comcast.net> wrote: > Is there ever going to be a perl6 production version coming out soon? > > Sent from my iPhone > Wendell Hatcher > wendell_hatc...@comcast.net > 303-520-7554 > Blogsite: <http://thoughtsofaperlprogrammer.vox.com/> > http://thoughtsofaperlprogrammer.vox.com/ > > > On Mar 17, 2010, at 7:18 AM, Steve Pitchford <steve.pitchf...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > Have a read of this: > > <http://www.parrot.org/>http://www.parrot.org/ > > The parrot project is to build a virtual machine for dynamic languages, > like perl 6. > > On Wed, Mar 17, 2010 at 1:43 AM, Dell < <wendell_hatc...@comcast.net> > wendell_hatc...@comcast.net> wrote: > >> Has anyone thought about designing or is the Rakudo compiler similar to >> the JVM on an enterprise level? What I mean is would I be able to write >> applications that can process huge amounts of data like files,claims or >> account transactions on Rakudo in the future? I think this would be a huge >> push for perl and any dynamic language. :-) >> >> >> >> Matthew Walton wrote: >> >> Rakudo in its normal operation will compile the program, then run it >>> immediately. You can, however, get it to save the compiled code for >>> later use i fyou wish. >>> >>> On Sun, Mar 14, 2010 at 4:09 PM, dell < <wendell_hatc...@comcast.net> >>> wendell_hatc...@comcast.net> wrote: >>> >>> >>>> Hello, >>>> >>>> I had just began looking at the perl6 raduko compiler and have >>>> a >>>> question. Is perl6 actually compiled then ran similar to java or is the >>>> script ran and then compiled at run time? >>>> >>>> >>>> -Wendell >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> >