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In article <1990Mar3.032234.12351@haven.umd.edu> louie@sayshell.umd.edu (Louis A. Mamakos) writes:
>What I'd really like is an implementation of PERL as a scripting language
>and tool for the Amiga.  There was a port of PERL version 1.x a few years
>back; an AREXX like IPC interface to a PERL interpreter with all of its
>regex stuff would be really fun..
YES!YES!YES!YES!YES!YES!
I just bought AREXX and started playing with it, and I love that IPC, but
find the language itself rather primitive compared to Perl.  It may just
be that I haven't gotten enough into it, but I would like to use just
one language everywhere.

Perl might need extensive work to make it mostly a resident library and
re-entrant process like REXX; otherwise it would hog too much memory
for each running script.  The Amiga Perl 1 binary was somthing like 100K.
This will probably be the hardest part; I looked the other port and it was
nice and clean; very few amiga-specifics.  I forget who did it, but I still
use it.

I see somthing like extending the 'do' (subroutine call) keyword with the
capabilities of Arexx's Address command.  Of course the IPC would be AREXX
compatible.  Maybe when I save up the $ for a 2000HD I'll tackle it.

Lets get all the languages out there, and may the best one win.  Of course
what's best for one job may not be best for another.
Love them regular expressions, though.
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