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Re: PERL on a Palm?
by Anonymous Monk on May 12, 2000 at 11:51 UTC
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Dum de dum, I know of someone who is porting perl to the palm. Actually to uClinux which runs on the palm. Search for perl on c3po.kc-inc.net/mail/uclinux for the post. | [reply] |
RE: PERL on a Palm?
by perlcgi (Hermit) on Apr 26, 2000 at 15:53 UTC
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AFAIK there is no Perl for Palm.
http://www.xray.mpe.mpg.de/mailing-lists/perl5-porters/1999-07/msg00564.html | [reply] |
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I had seen that write up. I did do a search before asking :-)
I, however, never take the first "no" for an answer (My mom always hated that!) So I'm looking for a second opinion.
Thanks,
-Chuck
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Best of luck in your quest. Can you recommend any Palm Perl resources doc, faqs etc?
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RE: PERL on a Palm?
by turnstep (Parson) on May 23, 2000 at 03:23 UTC
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Tidbit I saw from a recent perl5-porters post:
> Nat Torkington mentioned in passing that a Windows/CE port would probably go some way toward
> making a Palm Pilot port possible, and Simon protested that he would probably have one
> ready `in a couple of weeks'. He says that the hardest problem was getting the lexer to
> fit into the Palm's small code segments.
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RE: PERL on a Palm?
by Adam (Vicar) on Apr 28, 2000 at 00:56 UTC
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Speaking of Porting Perl to a Palm, does anyone know if current palm software is gonna run on the next generation of palms with the new processor? http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1006-202-1752075.html
I know thats off topic, but I don't think its too far astray. | [reply] |
RE: PERL on a Palm?
by Specimen (Acolyte) on Apr 27, 2000 at 19:27 UTC
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All right, I admit it, I'm a geek!
Asking that question doesn't make you a geek, actually
getting down and porting a version would. Do you even
know what the Palm API looks like - it may not be
a) particularly worthwhile
or
b) it may not even be difficult
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I've played with Palm programming and it will be a
difficult task. Take a look at the size of the perl executable
for the main reason why. Palm programs must be tiny, tiny, tiny!
I'd settle for a small SSH client and a reliable net connection
myself...
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Actually getting down a porting something seems to still be Black Magic to me. I know that kind of thing can be done, but (for now) it's the kind of thing men who wear cloaks and funny hats while burning chemicals with names I can't pronounce do.
For right now, I'll stick to using PERL and leave the magic to the wizards!
Your humble servant,
-Chuck
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