On Sat, 7 Sep 2002, Chuck Kulchar wrote: > Also, how do these perl6 builtins in perl6 work with the current > P6C/Builtins.pm? (also, why are some that are already defined in pure > pasm/part of the parrot core redefined as perl6 code?)
For the moment, "they don't". Eventually, I expect there will be some sort of a "header file" with the builtin declarations (P6C parses and interprets function declarations for this very reason), and a .pbc file containing their code. As for why they're written in perl 6 code, I expect it's easier to define their semantics in Perl than in assembly. /s
