Re: Will Perl 6 save a compiled version of a source program like Python?

2015-05-18 Thread Tom Browder
On Mon, May 18, 2015 at 7:47 AM, Elizabeth Mattijsen wrote: >> On 18 May 2015, at 14:28, Tom Browder wrote: ... >> Can anyone point me to more info or say yes or no to possible support of a >> save-compilation feature? ... [good answer to my question...] Thanks Liz and Tobias! Cheers! -Tom

Re: Will Perl 6 save a compiled version of a source program like Python?

2015-05-18 Thread Elizabeth Mattijsen
> On 18 May 2015, at 14:28, Tom Browder wrote: > > I found some discussion of such a capability on the Perl Mongers' site but > haven't found anything official yet in the Synopses. > > But I did find there an option that might do something related: > --output-format (which is implementation d

Re: Will Perl 6 save a compiled version of a source program like Python?

2015-05-18 Thread Tobias Leich
We precompile modules using a command line option like in: 'perl6 --target=mbc --output=foo.pm.moarvm'. Though, since this is for modules, only this incantation will work: 'perl6 -I. -Mfoo -e1' We are working on creating executables such as 'foo.exe' from a given Perl 6 script, though I expect tha

Will Perl 6 save a compiled version of a source program like Python?

2015-05-18 Thread Tom Browder
I found some discussion of such a capability on the Perl Mongers' site but haven't found anything official yet in the Synopses. But I did find there an option that might do something related: --output-format (which is implementation defined). However, I do not see that option in Rakudo Perl 6. C