* Adam Turoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [05/10/2001 15:20]:
>
> Yes, it has, in Apocolypse 1:
>
> Perl 6 must assume it is being fed Perl 5 code until it knows otherwise.
>
> http://www.perl.com/pub/2001/04/02/wall.html
Yup, I saw that - actually, the discussion I was referencing was
post-Apocalypse 1. There was some dispute over whether or not the
above statement meant p6 should eat p5 code or whether it would just
assume certain policies against it.
> The current thinking is that much of the Perl parser will be written in
> Perl. At that point, if the Perl6 language definition doesn't see
> any Perl6 constructs, it can switch itself out and plug in a piece of Perl
> code that parses the Perl5 language instead.
>
> So the last ditch effort to run old code through p52p6 is truly a
> last ditch effort.
Very cool.
-Nate
