Subject: Java/Perl Tool Available as Open Source Software
From: Ellen Maremont Silver <[email-masked]>
Date: 27 Dec 1998 17:03:01 GMT
Newsgroups: comp.lang.perl.announce,comp.lang.perl.misc

This announcement was sent to the press on December 1, 1998.
For further information please see http://www.perl.com
and http://perl.oreilly.com.

JAVA/PERL TOOL AVAILABLE AS OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE
Programmers Can Use Strengths of Two Popular Languages in the Same Environment

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 being made available as part of the
latest development release of Perl (version 5.005_54) and can be obtained
at http://www.perl.com/CPAN/authors/id/GSAR/ (perl5.005_54.patch.gz and
perl5.005_54.tar.gz: see
directory notes for important caveats). 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 in November, 1997, and
followed it in August with the Perl Resource Kit-Win32 Edition.

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