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All the Perl that's Practical to Extract and Report

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  • chromatic wrote:

    Now you have a perl6 binary that can run Perl 6 programs:

    $ ./perl6 languages/perl6/t/01-sanity/01-tap.t

    Caveats: you need to build a shared libparrot with dynamic loading (the default Parrot build, I believe). Also, for now, you can only run the Perl 6 binary from the root directory of a Parrot checkout.

    As written, I think the code is incorrect and is contradicted by the second sentence in the following paragraph. I was only able to execute Perl6 programs with:

    $ ./languages/perl

    • Out of curiosity, what platform are you on? I'm still working with the perl6-internals team to figure out how to get this to properly build on my Intel MacBook. We're getting closer, but there are still failures.

      For those following along at home, use the following bash script I hacked together:

      #!/bin/bash

      perl Configure.pl --test \
        && make \
        && cd languages/perl6/

      make \
        && cd ../..

      make pbc_to_c \
        && ./pbc_to_c languages/perl6/perl6.pbc \
       

      • For the average user, perl Configure.pl will suffice, i.e., you can omit the --test.

        The --test option is something which those working on the configuration and build systems should run, but is not necessary for language developers or those (like myself!) who will be using chromatic's program to run Perl6 program for the first time.

        kid51

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