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According to Stephen Zander:
> >>>>> "Chip" == Chip Salzenberg <chip@valinux.com> writes:
> Chip> I'd like to suggest that the term "source filters" refers to
> Chip> transformations that lead eventually to the creation of
> Chip> standard Perl which is then compiled in the normal way.
> Chip> Digital signature verification, for example, or macro
> Chip> processing.
>
> How would you classify Damian Conway's Lingua::Romana::Perligata
> module?
I haven't read it. But perhaps this will help: If it's a filter (or
translator) into Perl, then it's a source filter. Otherwise, it's not
a *filter* at all, but an alternative compiler.
> Where does 'use Python;' fit in such a framework?
Depends on whether you mean "use python" or "use pythonish".
--
Chip Salzenberg - a.k.a. - <chip@valinux.com>
"I wanted to play hopscotch with the impenetrable mystery of existence,
but he stepped in a wormhole and had to go in early." // MST3K