If memory serves me right, Nicholas Clark wrote: > I believe that it can be done with just a C compiler. (no make tool or shell > needed). If we use an equipped machine to unroll the makefile into the correct > steps (in the correct order), and turn that into C code that runs each in > turn, then we can bootstrap enough to run bytecode. (and a bytecode make tool)
Hey that's unecessary ... what I was concerned about was a first step bootstrap for compiling the perl6 compiler .... I'm perfectly satisfied with the way parrot & miniparrot compiles work .. On a really bad setup .. I can always dump the Makefiles somewhere and use them.. If the Parrot team can provide a current and working perl6c.pbc for the compiler written in perl6 , it's cool with me ... But I've seen that idea fail quite a few times when the published binary falls out of sync with the runtime ... Well that's just another point of failure ... That's all. Also perl6c.pbc shouldn't really worry about trojaned stuff in it as you're not using an external bootstrapper (unlike gcc using cc).... Hope that makes it clear, Gopal -- The difference between insanity and genius is measured by success
