perl6-compiler Mailing List Started

horos2c writes "Well, it looks like perl6 has reached the point where development on the compiler has started. The perl6-compiler list has been started, and has a total of 55 messages so far, as of this posting, and there's a large thread on perl6's current status."

Comments

Re:uh-huuuuuuuu!!!!!!

[Anonymous Coward]

fore!

perl -le 'print"first post! :)"'

let the monkeys do the work

[BinLadenMyHero]

#!/usr/bin/perl
use Magic::Perl6::CompilerTester;

my $target = "/usr/bin/perl6";
my $try = 0;

print "generating perl6 compiler. this may take a while...\n";

while(1) {
my $lenght = int rand 8*1024*1024;
my $rc = "/tmp/perl6-rc$try";
system("dd if=/dev/random of=$rc bs=1 count=$lenght");
if(perl6_compiler_test($)) {
rename $rc $target;
print "perl6 compiler succesfully generated at $target\n";
last;
}
else {
unlink $rc;
}
}

wait... perl compiles??

[conan776]

that's new, right?