Perl 6 Compilers
Perl 6 is a language specification, and just like C or C++ there are multiple compilers for the language.
Compilers
- Rakudo is based on the Parrot virtual machine. It is developed very actively. Download or compile Rakudo, status.
- SMOP is a runtime library to represent Perl 6 objects. It focuses on the meta object programming capabilities. It is actively developed.
- Mildew uses STD.pm as a parser and SMOP as runtime. It is actively developed.
- Sprixel uses JavaScript to execute abstract syntax trees generated by STD.pm. It is actively developed.
- Elf is a bootstrapped compiler with Perl 5 and Lisp backends. Only very little activity since March 2009.
- Pugs is written in Haskell, and has been inactive since mid 2007.
Supplementals
- Blizkost is a Perl 5 bridge for Parrot, making Perl 5 code available from Rakudo and other parrot-based compilers.
- Rakudo's setting library
- SMOP's setting library
- Elf's setting library (lisp)