Perl in the Google App Engine (update: false alarm)

3 pointsnprincigalli5 comments

Instead of waiting for http://code.google.com/p/perl-appengine/

just add

Google App Engine for Go http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2525221

with

Campher: Perl embedded in Go (github.com) http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2532809

Hate to disappoint, but Campher uses cgo + the unsafe package, which means it Campher won't run on App Engine, which doesn't allow "unsafe".

Oh. And is that a bug or a feature?

Security restriction. Go code can be verified as safe if it doesn't use the unsafe package.

I see. Well, thanks for the prompt reply, Brad!

And again, thanks for releasing Campher on the Sao Paulo Perl Workshop, nothing beats "hearing it from the horse's mouth" ! :)

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