in reply to Re^5: v5, a reimplementation of P5 (was Re^5: A "Perl-7" that I could actually USE right now)
in thread A "Perl-7" that I could actually USE right now
a worthwhile replacement for Perl 5.
I still don't get all this endeavour to re-write P5 in P6. P5 is perfectly embeddable.
Just embed perl5xx.dll/.so into the P6 compiler and provide:
- P6 built-in(s) to access p5 subroutines:
Say something like:
).use P5 qw[ LWP::Simple ]; ... my $url :String = <...some P6 source>; my $content = p5call( "LWP::Simple::get( $url )" ); - P6 proxies for P5 objects:
Say:
use P5 qw[ DBI DBD::Pg ]; ... my $dbi = P5Object( "DBI->connect( $dataSource, $userName, $userAuth, +\%attrs" ); ); my $sth = $dbi->prepare( 'SOME SQL HERE' ); ...
Full compatibility at a stroke, and full P5 performance (within the p5 code), and a small hit through the thunking layer.
How hard could it be to write the thunking layer? (It's gotta be easier than recreating P5 + XS + everything else.)
I effectively do exactly this in my 15-line Perl5 REPL.
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Re^7: v5, a reimplementation of P5 (was Re^5: A "Perl-7" that I could actually USE right now)
by chromatic (Archbishop) on Jul 08, 2013 at 04:42 UTC | |
by diakopter (Novice) on Jul 10, 2013 at 22:14 UTC | |
by chromatic (Archbishop) on Jul 10, 2013 at 23:26 UTC | |
Re^7: v5, a reimplementation of P5 (was Re^5: A "Perl-7" that I could actually USE right now)
by raiph (Deacon) on Jul 10, 2013 at 22:59 UTC |
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