Re: Perl Implementation Language

[Philip Newton]

On Fri, 15 Sep 2000, Dan Sugalski wrote:

> Doing core work in perl also has startup issues--either we need to parse 
> perl code every time perl starts, write the optree stuff to be 
> position-independent, compile perl down to native code, or embed and 
> process bytecode every time we start.

I don't quite buy the dogfoog argument. Use the best tool for the job (or,
at least, a decent one). This brings to mind the quote from perlfaq1 under
"When shouldn't I program in Perl?": "You'll notice that perl itself is
not written in Perl. (Though it might be interesting to reread the whole
paragraph.)

Cheers,
Philip
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