Path: news.ruhr-uni-bochum.de!news.rhrz.uni-bonn.de!RRZ.Uni-Koeln.DE!news.duesseldorf.ecrc.net!news.ecrc.de!newsfeed.sunet.se!news01.sunet.se!sunic!02-newsfeed.univie.ac.at!01-newsfeed.univie.ac.at!Austria.EU.net!EU.net!nntp04.primenet.com!nntp.primenet.com!news.mathworks.com!hunter.premier.net!netaxs.com!nntp.teleport.com!usenet From: mbeattie@sable.ox.ac.uk (Malcolm Beattie) Newsgroups: comp.lang.perl.announce,comp.lang.perl.misc Subject: ANNOUNCE: Perl Compiler Kit version alpha2 Followup-To: comp.lang.perl.misc Date: 22 Aug 1996 17:56:44 GMT Organization: Oxford University, England Lines: 38 Approved: merlyn@stonehenge.com (comp.lang.perl.announce) Message-ID: <4vi70s$n58@nadine.teleport.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: kelly.teleport.com Keywords: announce Perl compiler X-Disclaimer: The "Approved" header verifies header information for article transmission and does not imply approval of content. Xref: news.ruhr-uni-bochum.de comp.lang.perl.announce:407 comp.lang.perl.misc:42748 Announcing the Perl Compiler Kit, Version alpha2 Version alpha2 of the compiler kit for Perl is now available. It provides extension modules for Perl 5.002 (or newer) which let you compile Perl programs. Improvements over version alpha1: * CC backend now acts as a "true" compiler and generates C code for the execution of your program, not just its initialisation. * Perl programs which use XSUBs are supported (with the C and CC backends), although compiling such programs is fiddly. * Shared globs and compilation of pre-initialised hashes is now supported by the C and CC backends. * Bug fixes and a few other bits and pieces. The Bytecode and C backends are also still available but the main change since alpha1 is the addition of the CC backend. The compiler kit is available for anonymous ftp from ftp.ox.ac.uk in /pub/perl/Compiler-a2.tar.gz and is licensed under both the GNU Public Licence and the Artistic Licence, just as perl itself is. Prerequisites are perl 5.002 (or newer), the ability to type "perl Makefile.PL; make" and the ability to stay calm when your favourite 1000-line (or 100-line) Perl program doesn't compile properly with this release. Please read the README that comes with the distribution thoroughly before assuming you've found a bug. For those that like bug hunting, there are bound to be plenty of bugs that aren't mentioned there. Malcolm Beattie 22 August 1996 -- Malcolm Beattie Oxford University Computing Services "Widget. It's got a widget. A lovely widget. A widget it has got." --Jack Dee .