From: eden li <eden.li@...>
Date: 2007-03-14T11:04:04+09:00
Subject: Re: First cut Perl to Ruby conversion?

exec("perl script.pl")?

Seriously though, if it's a pain to work with now, imagine what a
nightmare it will be after you run it through some sort of
translator.  Why not just rewrite it in ruby?

On Mar 14, 4:16 am, John Carter <john.car...@tait.co.nz> wrote:
> So I have a perl script I wrote a year or three back. Not bad
> programming style, but its a pain to work with.
>
> Question:
>
> I know a full perl to ruby translator is hopeless, the only thing that
> can parse Perl is perl. Has anyone a "first rough cut" approximate
> perl to ruby convertor?
>
> (It occurs to me translating bytes codes from parrot into ruby may be
> an easier way...)
>
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