[Coco] Perl PL for OS/9

[Paul Fitch]

[Ignorance Detection mode OFF] 

Isn'r PERL just a series of english like words strung together in a
predesignated fashion which are then fed to preprocessors and compilers and
such?  Resulting in some sort of binary that can instruct the computer to
perform a series of instructions?

I'd think you COULD port PERL to the Coco, but that's doesn't address the
speed issue or the fact that 30 year old microprocessors just don't contain
the onboard resources we take for granted today.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: coco-bounces at maltedmedia.com 
> [mailto:coco-bounces at maltedmedia.com] On Behalf Of Steven Hirsch
> Sent: Sunday, August 30, 2009 7:58 PM
> To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts
> Subject: Re: [Coco] Perl PL for OS/9
> 
> On Sun, 30 Aug 2009, Steve Bjork wrote:
> 
> > Perl is a modern programming language that has grown to use 
> (and need) 
> > the power of 32/64 CPU.
> >
> > Perl on most computers modern computer 75 MB or more.  As a Perl 
> > programmer, I use it on PC, Mac and Linux (web server) but 
> could never 
> > see running on a CoCo.
> 
> The smallest machine I'm aware of that had a working Perl 
> port is probably the AT&T 7300 (aka Unix PC).  And that was 
> an early version of Perl 4.
> 
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