It's been a 100 weeks since the Perl5 to Java compiler started. The compiler is now "good enough" to translate itself to Java. # grab a copy of the project $ git clone git@github.com:fglock/Perlito.git ; cd Perlito $ make clean # create the "perlito5.java" file $ perl perlito5.pl --bootstrapping -Isrc5/lib -Cjava src5/util/perlito5.pl > perlito5.java # compile to ".class" $ time javac -J-Xms2000m