From: WC -Sx- Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Joel wrote: > > I'm getting tired of working on a text adventure in perl, and I was > > wondering if anyone had some interesting projects they could suggest > > I attempt. > > > port Perl language and syntax to Gnu DotNet. > > That way we can program in Perl but generate IL for .Net on Unix, et > al.
AFAIK ActiveStates did try this and found it too slow. Perl is too different from the languages MS had in mind that it can't be effectively compiled to IL. And keep in mind that all those heavily optimized Perl builtins would have to be implemented in IL. Jenda ===== [EMAIL PROTECTED] === http://Jenda.Krynicky.cz ===== When it comes to wine, women and song, wizards are allowed to get drunk and croon as much as they like. -- Terry Pratchett in Sourcery -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>
