mini perl

[k.elliott]

Is anyone else interested in compiling perl for the Rpi device?

[piglet]

I'm pretty sure it's already been done – earlier this week someone posted a list of programming languages they've tested on the alpha board, and PERL was noted.

I can't remember the thread though

[jamesh]

k.elliott said:


Is anyone else interested in compiling perl for the Rpi device?


Check out the Wiki - there is a list of tested languages on there on there - its not complete though  -  I am sure many other will work.

[Warringer]

Should be possible to compile just about any language on/for the Pi. Everything you can also compile for a x86/x64 Linux.

[k.elliott]

Thank you very much, you have made me very happy... Daddy loves him some perl

[Blars]

It runs Debian, and Debian uses perl quite a bit in many places.  You can't install debian without perl, but many of the standard perl libraries arn't installed unless needed.  (If you install anything other than a minimal debian, you probably wind up with the perl libraries.)

[foo]

Warringer said:


Should be possible to compile just about any language on/for the Pi. Everything you can also compile for a x86/x64 Linux.


Not all JIT/native code compiled languages though.  That leaves things like SBCL (the best Lisp compiler) out, since they don't have an ARM back-end yet.