NAME

Perlito5 - a Perl5 compiler

SYNOPSIS

use Perlito5::Compiler;
use Perlito5::Javascript2::Emitter;
use Perlito5::Javascript2::Runtime;

my $perl5_source = ' print "hello, World!\n" ';
$Perlito5::PKG_NAME = 'main';
$Perlito5::PROTO    = {};
my $ast = Perlito5::Grammar::exp_stmts($perl5_source, 0);
print Dumper $ast;
my $js_source = Perlito5::AST::CompUnit::emit_javascript2_program([
    Perlito5::AST::CompUnit->new( name => 'main', body => Perlito5::Match::flat($ast) )
]);
print $js_source;


# in the command line:

perlito5 --help

perlito5 -Cjs program.pl

DESCRIPTION

This program reads Perl5 source code and generates native code.

The compiler options are available with the command:

perlito5 -h

COOKBOOK

Obtaining a "perlito5.js" script that executes in the "node.js" Javascript compiler

# Step 1: use perlito5 to compile perlito5 to Javascript.
perlito5 --bootstrapping -Cjs `which perlito5` > perlito5.js

# Step 2: ensure that PERL5LIB points to the directory where Perlito5.pm is installed.
echo $PERL5LIB

# Step 3: set PERL5LIB if needed.
perldoc -l Perlito5
   # /usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.20.1/Perlito5.pm
export PERL5LIB=/usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.20.1

# Step 4: install nodejs if needed.

# Step 5: this should work now:
nodejs perlito5.js -e ' print "hello, World!\n" '
    # hello, World!

AUTHORS

Flavio Soibelmann Glock <fglock@gmail.com>.

SEE ALSO

http://fglock.github.io/Perlito

COPYRIGHT

Copyright 2011, 2012, 2015 by Flavio Soibelmann Glock and others.

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.

See http://dev.perl.org/licenses/artistic.html