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Data/Binary Dumping and Freezing
Maintainer: John van Vlaanderen Date: 12 Sep 2000 Mailing List: perl6-internals@perl.org Number: 210 Version: 1 Status: Developing
Allow Perl to create serialize both data and code from the core.
The modules Storable and Data::Dumper should be combined to dump data as well as code in text, binary and network order binary form.
The immediate need for this is to support unmanned remote devices and lightweight clients where listeners evoke frozen classes upon receiving them.
Other implementation would allow kiosk browsers, for instance, to run any perl from a minimal plugin.
A sample implementation in Java: websprocket.com