Press Release
December 1, 1998
JAVA/PERL TOOL AVAILABLE AS OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE Programmers Can Use Strengths of Two Popular Languages in the Same Environment
Sebastopol, CA--Java/Perl Lingo (JPL), software which enables
programmers to use the use the strengths of both Java and Perl in the
same environment, is now freely available as open source software.
Until now, the tool has been available exclusively in O'Reilly &
Associates'
Perl Resource Kit --
UNIX Edition, a commercial product. JPL
was developed by Larry Wall, creator of Perl and Senior Software
Developer at O'Reilly & Associates.
JPL, available since November, 1997, is a unique project whose goal is
to seamlessly unite the two popular languages in a way which lets them
complement each other's strengths. Java excels at helping computers
across a network or the Internet communicate and share data; Perl is
used especially for system administration and interactive Web sites.
JPL enables programmers to implement Java methods with Perl, and for
Perl code to access Java via the Java Native Interface (JNI). It
includes a translator and build system that make it easy to create JPL
applications.
The JPL tool and its source code are available as part of the
latest development release of Perl (version 5.005_54) and can
be obtained at
http://www.perl.com
or
ftp://ftp.funet.fi.
Subscription information for the JPL mailing list
is available at
http://www.perl.org/maillist.html.
"O'Reilly has been a strong supporter of open source software, so
releasing JPL as open source matches our company values," said Gina
Blaber, Director of O'Reilly's Software Products. "JPL will benefit
from the attention of the broader development community. Further, our
Perl books and software are an important part of the O'Reilly business,
so we want to thank and support the open source community by making the
JPL source available."
O'Reilly first released the
Perl Resource Kit --
UNIX Edition
in November, 1997,
and followed it in August with the
Perl Resource Kit --
Win32 Edition.
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