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Oh. And finally, I asked it to convert the optimised form and output it as C++. The interesting bits are at the top and the very bottom; there is a load of Windows API stuff that I can't be bothered to delete: It seems at 3000+ lines, it is too big to post here, but man is it ever interesting.

Not that I'd want to maintain it in that form; but can you imagine converting all the Perl sources into C++, loading it up into a new respository and annotating it and then using that to construct a properly object-oriented Perl5 source tree?

Proper inheritance of the SVt_types; a full cleanup of all the cruft that has built up over the years; starting anew -- from a clean, compilable and working, if weirdly structured and named -- codebase and going forward from there?

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Re^5: Perl 5 Optimizing Compiler, Part 5: A Vague Outline Emerges
by dave_the_m (Monsignor) on Aug 31, 2012 at 17:10 UTC
    No, I think you're talking utter nonsense. Sorry, I've been trying so, so, hard to be open minded throughout these discussions, but I've finally given up. No more time wasting for me.

    Dave.

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      Sorry, I've been trying so, so, hard to be open minded throughout these discussions, but I've finally given up. No more time wasting for me.

      Hm. Threatened are we?

      I saw little evidence of an open mind. You nailed your colors to the mast very early on, and now you've seen signs that you might have been wrong, you're taking your keeper's gloves and going home.

      But the ball isn't yours and it stays on the field. If the other players want to continue the game, one of us is going to have to get cold and muddy hands.

      With the rise and rise of 'Social' network sites: 'Computers are making people easier to use everyday'
      Examine what is said, not who speaks -- Silence betokens consent -- Love the truth but pardon error.
      "Science is about questioning the status quo. Questioning authority".
      In the absence of evidence, opinion is indistinguishable from prejudice.

      RIP Neil Armstrong
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        Hm. Threatened are we?

        You see, my friend, my quip about this being a declaration of war has revealed itself to be utterly sincere.
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