Perl 6 Compiler

the current compiler is written in perl5
it's just a prototype
we will throw it away

but an extensive test suite can be written

try it!
  get and make Parrot from cpan or cvs.perl.org
  get and make P6C

(demo of game-of-life and mandelbrot in p6)
(weird; slides are being presented with Preview in fullscreen)

perl6
  P6C::Parser -- recdescent grammer with some added utility subs
  P::RD is as close as possible to p6, but is very slow
  but hey, it's a prototype

  P6C::Tree - syntax tree nodes
  P6C::Context -- ads context information
  P6C::IMCC --- produces PIR of the tree

  then it's Parrots all the way down

p6c is not:
  complete
  current (some things no longer exist)

p6c can:
  do basic ops
  and some hyperops

  basic control structures

  subs with
    no params
    defined params
    named args

  rules

p6c still can't:
  read lexicals
  or globals
  do types
  do full smart matching
  do junctions
  do exceptions

  C<use> modules

plans for next year:
  JFDI
  take a snapshot of current design
  perl 6 grammar engine
    this is solveable
    not even terribly terribly difficult
    but definitely interesting