Re: ANNOUNCE: Inline::Java 0.21

Perhaps an aside, but I've been wondering how to use Perl as a
scripting language in Java.  I'd rather not do this by spawning a perl
process on the user's machine, if I can avoid it.  I've worked on Silk
(Scheme in Java), and have found other interpreters such as JPython,
but there seems to be nothing like this for Perl.  Perl 6.0 promises
to run in Java (among other platforms), but I'm looking for a
near-term solution.

In the Inline::Java announcement I see "Inline::Java lets you write
Perl classes in Java.", but it seems only to let you write perl
classes in java *in perl*.  I'd love to write perl code in Java, minus
the perl interface.  Short of rewriting the perl codebase in Java,
does anyone on this list see a solution?

Perl is an awesome scripting language and is widely used in
bioinformatics, where Java tools are beginning to take over the
market.  If perl could continue to be used as a scripting language in
these new Java tools, the migration would be smoother and biologists
would continue to learn perl, which is (imo) a Good Thing.

Thanks,
        :Paul

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