Ok, so I read Miguel's message: http://mail.gnome.org/archives/gnome-hackers/2002-February/msg00031.html
I drank the cool-aid and now I find myself thinking... should Perl6 compile down to its own byte-code or to Mono's CIL? Miguel feels this is the way to go, and if Mono's bytecode is in fact so flexible that many languages will be able to communicate through it, then perhaps we're shooting ourselves in the feet by NOT targetting Perl6's back-end there. I realize that this has the twin drawbacks of introducing the stigma of a Microsoft technology into Perl's core and moving away from the wonderful work done thus far on Perl6's byte-code. However, if there will ever be a time to make this choice, it would seem that now is it. Some pros: * If Miguel is able to swing the community, Gnome4 will heavily rely on Mono. If Perl is Mono-ready, that will make Perl a much more attractive technology for new Gnome libraries and applications. * If Perl6 uses CIL, then there will be a much larger community supporting the back-end. Also, there will be a ready-made community of people who understand how to integrate Mono-bytecoded applications into their infrastructures (from Web services to development platforms, etc). Just my thoughts....
