[pm-h] October Houston.pm Technical meeting

[Abraham Báez]

I plan to attend

On Thu, Sep 29, 2011 at 10:04 PM, G. Wade Johnson <gwadej at anomaly.org>wrote:

> Reini Urban has volunteered to present for the October meeting. The
> topic is a basic introduction to the Perl compiler.
>
> A number of you may not have been aware that Perl had a compiler. Most
> people are content to use Perl in its normal compile/execute mode.
> Because people had use cases that would benefit from building an
> executable from their Perl code, a Perl compiler was built years ago.
>
> Recently Reini has been taking the old compiler code and updating it to
> support more current Perls.
>
> In this talk, Reini will cover
>
> * basic usage of the compiler and its current status
> * the different "phases" of in the lifetime of Perl code
> * some understanding of Perl OPs and what the compiler does with them
>
> He will also answer questions like:
>
> * How big will my compiled code be?
> * What will the program include at compile-time, what is deferred to
>  run-time?
>
> This meeting will be more technical than usual, but it's a rare
> opportunity to talk with someone who understands Perl's internals. You
> really don't want to miss it.
>
> As always, our meeting will begin around 7pm on the second Thursday of
> the month, October 13. We will meet at the normal location, 3131 W.
> Alabama.
>
> Please let me know if you plan to attend, so I can be certain of the
> food order.
>
> I look forward to seeing you there.
> G. Wade
> --
> Trying to outsmart a compiler defeats much of the purpose of using one.
>                                 -- Brian Kernighan and P.J. Plauger
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