[duskwuff]

That module's neat, but CPAN is still out of reach. For one, a lot of important modules in CPAN contain XS components, which don't carry over. Additionally, a lot of the modules that don't use XS are likely to be using unusual features of Perl5 which aren't fully emulated by that shim.

[raiph]

Yes. v5, a Perl 5 compiler written in Perl 6, is promising tech with potentially huge long term (10 years) strategic consequences for Perl 5 and Perl. But it's very early days and it correctly handles only the simplest of modules. I'd hazard a guess that currently less than 1% of CPAN modules pass their tests when loaded by v5.

But Inline::Perl5 is a completely different animal. It handles modules using XS or whatever fine. See my nearby comments for further details.

[ugexe]

As its now been pointed out more than once, 'not at all' is not true. I did not claim it could use everything available on CPAN, but was pointing out that you were making a false statement based on, well, i'm not sure what you based your statement on but it was made in such a matter-of-factly way that it needed to be corrected.