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> Is JPL still under active development? I see that it is part of the > perl source distribution (up to 5.9.2) though some of the files in the > jpl directory have 1999 dates in them. JPL is languishing, no longer in vogue apparently. Although part of the Perl distro, it requires a core patch in order to work. The patch was made to the core but then went MIA circa 5.8 as I recall. A colleague in my area did update the patch to work with an early version of Perl 5.8.x. However, it hasn't been submitted to p5p. Also, I've been hoping/ fantasizing about working on a nicer install too (with a configure, Makefile.PL, etc.) instead of the existing makeshift shell script. >My goal is to provide a pool of Perl interpreters within a JVM. From >what I have read perl supports being compiled so that multiple >interpreters can co-exist in the same process/address space. PLJava >(one of the alternatives I found) uses a single static interpreter so >it is unsuitable for my purposes. From what I have been able to read >about JPL I can't determine if it supports this model or not. I don't know enough about that to comment. >I'm also looking at Inline::Java's support for embedding Perl into Java >Any other information, links, anecdotal stories, etc are appreciated. I've only played with Inline::Java a little but it works well. That's limited to the other direction though as I recall: embedding Java in Perl. However, if you have a large legacy Java app, in need of some embedded Perl to maintain your sanity, you'll need JPL. My colleague reports JPL has worked wonderfully to provide some Perl amenities within a huge Java app. Hopefully, JPL won't be circling the drain for quite a while yet. Rgds, -- Charles DeRykusThread Previous