Re:My Delorean runs Perl
by xeeeeeeeeeeenu on Saturday January 27, 2018 @03:20PM
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It's clear that he's using Perl 5. XS and CPAN are concepts exclusive to Perl 5.
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I don't think that is entirely true.
> Uploading a module to CPAN is the preferred way of distributing Perl 6 modules. [0]
Though XS was replaced with NativeCall in Perl6, so he is still using Perl, not it's new brother.
[0] https://docs.perl6.org/language/modules#Upload_your_Module_t...
I haven't read the parent to this comment. But:
> XS [is] exclusive to Perl 5.
Perl 5 modules, including XS ones, are `use`able with P6 (`use Module::Using::XS:from<Perl5>; # P6 code...`).
> CPAN [is] exclusive to Perl 5.
CPAN has been an optional store for Perl 6 modules since 2016 iirc. In the last couple months it's become more or less the preferred store.