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Postings from July 2000
According to Stephen Zander:
> I think the proposal is worthwhile but it seems incomplete IMHO as
> it does not mention source filters, i.e. the ability to replace the
> standard parsing engine with an alternative.
I'd like to suggest that the term "source filters" refers to
transformations that lead eventually to the creation of standard
Perl which is then compiled in the normal way. Digital signature
verification, for example, or macro processing.
Alternative parsing -- alternative languages, in fact -- is a useful
idea, but IMO a technically distinct one.
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"I wanted to play hopscotch with the impenetrable mystery of existence,
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