Developer Creates An Experimental Perl 5 To Java Compiler (perl.org)

Posted by EditorDavid on Sunday May 14, 2017 @04:34AM from the more-than-one-way-to-do-it dept.

An anonymous reader writes: Saturday night saw the announcement of an experimental Perl 5 to Java compiler. "This is the first release," posted developer FlÃvio S. Glock -- after 100 weeks of development. "Note that you don't need to compile a Java file. Perlito5 now compiles the Perl code to JVM bytecode in memory and executes it." He describes the compiler as "a work-in-progress" that "provides an impressive coverage of Perl features, but it will not run most existing Perl programs due to platform differences."

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Haven't they buried this yet? by __aaclcg7560 · 2017-05-14 04:51 · Score: 0, Flamebait

Perl 5 must be godawful if you need to compile it to Java.
Sadist by allo · 2017-05-14 05:09 · Score: -1, Flamebait

Combining two of the worst languages. Why?! There are so many so great programming languages. And he uses Perl (5!) and compiles it into JAVA! Why would ANYONE want this?