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Where's the "IronPerl" Project?

Posted by kdawson on from the more-than-one-way dept.

pondlife writes "A friend asked me today about using some Microsoft server components from Perl. Over the years he's built up a large collection of Perl/COM code using Win32::OLE and he had planned on doing the same thing here. The big problem is that as with many current MS APIs, they're available for .NET only because COM is effectively deprecated at this point. I did some Googling, expecting to find quickly the Perl equivalent of IronPython or IronRuby. But to my surprise I found almost nothing. ActiveState has PerlNET, but there's almost no information about it, and the mailing list 'activity' suggests it's dead or dying anyway. So, what are Perl/Windows shops doing now that more and more Microsoft components are .NET? Are people moving to other languages for Windows administration? Are they writing wrappers using COM interop? Or have I completely missed something out there that solves this problem?"

6 of 390 comments (clear)

  1. Python is available by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    With Python, Perl is no longer needed. Upgrade to Python dump Perl.

  2. No one made it cause no one cares by cyber-dragon.net · · Score: -1, Troll

    No... people are just moving away from Windows for ANY administration, or anything of real value. Last two companies I worked for Windows was on the way out with only a few holdouts.

  3. Perl developers are like Democrat voters by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Q: Why are Perl developers are like Democrat voters?

    A: There aren't many of them left, and the ones that are left need to be spanked, until they give up their bad habits, doggonnit!

  4. Re:Don't if this would help but.... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    oh god, At first I read your post as "I am a gigantic wank"

  5. Re:Incredible moment by pipatron · · Score: -1, Troll

    Except you're still a loser for posting anonymously.

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    c++; /* this makes c bigger but returns the old value */
  6. Re:Don't fight it - Perl is here to stay! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Unfortunately, bare-bones Debian lacks Python, although hopefully recent popularity-contest results will make it more likely to be part of a default install.

    s/Unf/F/

    Why is there this assumption that everyone is okay with additional interpreters being added to base installs? The only requirement I have for python is when it's pulled into my tool chain via Scons and I'm not happy about that. If it was worth writing a new build tool, it was worth writing it in C.

    Where does the stupidity stop? When every single thing on the system has been rewritten in someones pet scripting language du jour? When every program requires its own interpreter? Oh and lets not forget how "cool" it'd be if the runtime of every pet scripting language was embedded directly in common web browsers. Yes Cletus, that sure would be 'great'!