Dominic Mitchell sent the following bits through the ether:
> I think the python scheme of creating a bytecode file on the first run
> is better, but I'm not sure how amenable perl's code tree is to being
> flattened and restored (this may be why we haven't seen a perl->java
> compiler).
ByteCache - byte-compile modules when needed
The reason we haven't seen a Perl->Java compiler is due to the
low-level nature of the JVM and the high-level nature of the PVM. They
just don't mix well.
Leon
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