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At 01:41 PM 7/26/00 -0400, Tolkin, Steve wrote:
>I think this "meta-topic" is perhaps the most important one
>addressed on this bootstrap list:
>Should the Perl system require code to be distributed as source?
>Here I am referring to programs written in the Perl language, tobe executed
>by the Perl system.
If by source you mean human readable text, I'd rather not. I'd like perl 6
to have the capability to execute pre-digested, ultra-compact, optimized
something-or-other, whether it's bytecode or something else.
Dan
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