Re: [perl #49168] [TODO] create a simplified command interface for perl6

2007-12-29 Thread Patrick R. Michaud
On Sat, Dec 29, 2007 at 12:13:19PM -0800, chromatic wrote: > On Saturday 29 December 2007 01:29:46 Allison Randal wrote: > > > > * convert perl6.pbc into a C executable > > > Possible, but ultimately too constraining. There are significant > > advantages to having the full Parrot runtime environm

Re: [perl #49168] [TODO] create a simplified command interface for perl6

2007-12-29 Thread Patrick R. Michaud
On Sat, Dec 29, 2007 at 11:29:46AM +0200, Allison Randal wrote: > Patrick R.Michaud (via RT) wrote: > >* add some smarts to Parrot to allow it to search/execute .pbc files > > in some standard locations (RT#47992) > > We certainly need to allow configurable search paths (at runtime and > compile

Re: [perl #49168] [TODO] create a simplified command interface for perl6

2007-12-29 Thread Allison Randal
chromatic wrote: Don't reject this out of hand. The C executables generated from pbc2c link against libparrot, so they have the full Parrot runtime environment available. Basically, this code replaces src/main.c with src/perl6pbc.c and a few lines that create a new Parrot interpreter and gi

Re: [perl #49168] [TODO] create a simplified command interface for perl6

2007-12-29 Thread chromatic
On Saturday 29 December 2007 01:29:46 Allison Randal wrote: > > * convert perl6.pbc into a C executable > Possible, but ultimately too constraining. There are significant > advantages to having the full Parrot runtime environment available. Don't reject this out of hand. The C executables gener

Re: [perl #49168] [TODO] create a simplified command interface for perl6

2007-12-29 Thread Allison Randal
Patrick R.Michaud (via RT) wrote: Currently the most frequently asked question (by far) about perl6 is "how can I just get an executable that I can use to run Perl 6 programs?" At present this isn't possible, the best we can offer is "/path/to/parrot/parrot /path/to/parrot/languages/perl6/p

Re: [perl #49168] [TODO] create a simplified command interface for perl6

2007-12-29 Thread Patrick R. Michaud
On Fri, Dec 28, 2007 at 08:09:23PM -0600, John M. Dlugosz wrote: > > >At present this isn't possible, the best we can offer is > >"/path/to/parrot/parrot /path/to/parrot/languages/perl6/perl6.pbc > >hello.pl", which is a pain. So, we need a way to package this up into a > >simple shell script,

Re: [perl #49168] [TODO] create a simplified command interface for perl6

2007-12-29 Thread John M. Dlugosz
At present this isn't possible, the best we can offer is "/path/to/parrot/parrot /path/to/parrot/languages/perl6/perl6.pbc hello.pl", which is a pain. So, we need a way to package this up into a simple shell script, executable, or other item that can be placed in a PATH and executed directly.

[perl #49168] [TODO] create a simplified command interface for perl6

2007-12-28 Thread via RT
# New Ticket Created by Patrick R. Michaud # Please include the string: [perl #49168] # in the subject line of all future correspondence about this issue. # http://rt.perl.org/rt3/Ticket/Display.html?id=49168 > Currently the most frequently asked question (by far) about perl6 is "how can I j