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Don't forget about the grammar engine - the parsing speed is only in the hundreds as measured in lines of code/s, which is a concern for script startup. I've c

by cygx 11y ago

Don't forget about the grammar engine - the parsing speed is only in the hundreds as measured in lines of code/s, which is a concern for script startup. I've come up with rather 'creative' workarounds[1] until a more proper solution arrives... [1] https://github.com/cygx/6make/blob/master/6make https://github.com/cygx/6make/blob/master/6make

Mithaldu 11y ago
He does call it a "compiler" in the video. Maybe that's temporary while it's still unoptimized, or a change in direction?
- eric_the_read 11y ago
  Perl5 historically has compiled to bytecode and then interpreted the bytecode. I imagine that's what's going on here.