Simplification of Rakudo's build process is an ongoing process, and I see progress all the time.
Remember also that Rakudo is the most active and complete implementation of Perl 6, but that there can and should be other completely separate implementations. On Aug 25, 2016 1:37 PM, "Dipesh Sharma" <dipesh.sha...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > > Dependency on perl5 for building perl6 looks like a concern. It means that > we can't have and environment with perl6, without perl5. I may be thinking > too ahead, but isn't that the state we want perl6 to be in? > > Thanks, > Dipesh > > On Wed, Aug 24, 2016 at 1:57 PM, Bennett Todd <bennett.e.t...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> Actually, now that I think about it, I'm not as sure. Maybe, eventually, >> a full perl6 compiler and runtime written entirely in perl6 might, >> possibly, be nice; but using, and interoperating with, existing mature >> tools like e.g. make and gcc has some big advantages, too. >> > >
