Re: [MacPerl] Byte Compiler for MacPerl

[Strider <Strider@baka.com>]

>>Is most of this there to support "eval $string" and the like (things which
>>sill require an full interpreter)? Would it be possible to cut this down
>>significantly by just outlawing a few of Perl's features?
>
>WHAT ??????
>
>eval is one of the most unique and powerfull feature of Perl it couldn't be
>conceivable tgo remove that and still prented this is perl.

Here's another idea- make the compiler smart enough to check for those
commands- if they're not present, don't include that part of Perl...

- strider


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