Perl 6 in Perl 6?

2012-10-18 Thread Darren Duncan
Something (PyPy et al) got me wondering, is it a goal in the Perl community before too long to have a (compiling) implementation of Perl 6 written entirely in Perl 6? Meaning, that at some point the entire non-optional codebase of the Perl 6 compiler (not just the parser) would be written in

Re: Perl 6 in Perl 6?

2012-10-18 Thread Moritz Lenz
On 10/18/2012 09:02 AM, Darren Duncan wrote: Something (PyPy et al) got me wondering, is it a goal in the Perl community before too long to have a (compiling) implementation of Perl 6 written entirely in Perl 6? A fair amount of the two major Perl 6 compilers, Rakudo and Niecza, are already

Re: Perl 6 in Perl 6?

2012-10-18 Thread Parrot Raiser
On Thu, Oct 18, 2012 at 3:59 AM, Moritz Lenz mor...@faui2k3.org wrote: The priorities for most compiler hackers is to provide good compilers over complete bootstrapping, and I guess most users agree with that goal. Agreed. I'm most concerned about a reliable and consistent set of features

Re: Perl 6 in Perl 6?

2012-10-18 Thread Patrick R. Michaud
On Thu, Oct 18, 2012 at 09:59:21AM +0200, Moritz Lenz wrote: On 10/18/2012 09:02 AM, Darren Duncan wrote: Something (PyPy et al) got me wondering, is it a goal in the Perl community before too long to have a (compiling) implementation of Perl 6 written entirely in Perl 6? A fair amount of