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by robertsd247 2745 days ago
No perl?!?!?!?
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detaro 2745 days ago
In a tool to study assembly output of compilers?
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hoytech 2745 days ago 

    $ perl -MO=Concise -e 'my $v = 1234; $v *= 9876'
    a  <@> leave[1 ref] vKP/REFC ->(end)
    1     <0> enter ->2
    2     <;> nextstate(main 1 -e:1) v:{ ->3
    5     <2> sassign vKS/2 ->6
    3        <$> const[IV 1234] s ->4
    4        <0> padsv[$v:1,2] sRM*/LVINTRO ->5
    6     <;> nextstate(main 2 -e:1) v:{ ->7
    9     <2> multiply[t2] vKS/2 ->a
    7        <0> padsv[$v:1,2] sRM ->8
    8        <$> const[IV 9876] s ->9
    -e syntax OK
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0xcde4c3db 2745 days ago
This tool is really built for AOT native code generation. Does Perl have a compiler like that? The ones I've heard of are all some flavor of compiling to bytecode followed by an interpreter or JIT.
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hoytech 2745 days ago
For perl5 there have been several attempts at AOT native code compilers. For example: http://rperl.org
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