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

Posted by EditorDavid on 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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  1. Let's all bash Java! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Insightful

    Because it's the most used language! And does everything perfectly fine! And has tons of SDK support!

  2. Re:I heard his next project is: by JustNiz · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I bet there's a dusty old financial institution out there somewhere that would actually love that.

  3. Re:Dev deserves nerdly kudos - however by angel'o'sphere · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Java Byte Code is JIT compiled.
    So chances are that it is much faster than the original perl byte code.

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