Re: [MacPerl] perl->c supporting Mac extensions?

[Stephane Jose <jose.stephane@uqam.ca>]

On 20:42 +0200 02/04/97, Terje Bless wrote:

> >Is there actually a way to automatically convert Perl code to C?
> >
>
> There is always the Perl compiler, but that won't do much good on a Mac and
> not much more on Unix boxes in the current (Alpha 3) release.
>

On 13:27 -0500 02/04/97, Roger Espinosa wrote:

> > Is there actually a way to automatically convert Perl code to C?
> >
>
> Not as such. What's being worked on (in UNIX, primarily) is a way to
> *compile* perl code, with no attempts at producing "readable" C (e.g. it's
> part of a process on the way to object code, but not something you want to
> work with).
>
> I've no idea whether the scheme would work on other platforms -- it all
> seemed very UNIX-ish in interface and tools...



Matthias,

Will there ever be a MacPerl extension allowing to save a script as a
non-editable/non-readable droplet or cgi, like Apple's Script Editor does
for applescripts?

Is such an extension doable?

Stef


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