How can I compile perl6 file to exe

Question

I am playing with perl6 version which built on MoarVM on windows. I created some perl6 file and want to compile it to exe. I tried the following:

perl6 --target=MAST r.pl>r

Now I want to compile the r to executable

I found this link which talk about how to that using Parrot but I am using MoarVM target: http://perlgeek.de/blog-en/perl-6/my-first-executable.writeback

my question how can i compile MoarvVM targeted file to windows executable ?

Answer 1

One of the things that attracted me to the language, was that it was supposed to be compilable, I thought "sure, it would build exe files for me", unfortunately, it does not (last I checked).

compile:

perl6 --target=mbc --output=test.moarvm  -e 'say 42'

run:

perl6 -e 'CompUnit::Loader.load-precompilation-file("test.moarvm".IO)'

However, you can compile the program t the intermediate moarvm machine, do KEEP IN MIND this is not porable, so you have to recompile on each target.

I think this code was legated to me by somebody that really knew perl6 on the irc channel, I don't understand how it works, though.

I advise if you need a compiled language, to wait for real support from the compiler guys or simply to use something like rust or golang (that is what I ended up using, I'm happy).

I know rust doesn't have all the "bells and whistles" that Perl6 has, but it gets the job done...

Answer 2

Unfortunately, the answer is to target JVM and one of the many nice tools for turning a JAR into an executable. MoarVM doesn't have that tooling at this point (and given the lack of current overlap between perl6 hackers and Windows users, probably won't for some time).