B::JVM - crude JVM backend for the Perl compiler.

 This module is a crude JVM backend for the Perl compiler. It aspires to be a
 "proof of concept," but I think it does not even achieve that.  It's close,
 though, and I think it might encourage people to explore this a little
 further.

Installation:

   perl Makefile.PL
   make
   make test
   make install # (if you really want to)

 Currently, this module compiles some very simple programs, such as the
 example.pl included with this distributions. It's very unlikely that it will
 compile a more complex program.

Usage:

   perl -MO=JVM,CLASSNAME perl_program.pl
   jasmin CLASSNAME.asm
   java CLASSNAME

 Where perl_program.pl is a perl program and CLASSNAME is the name of the
 class you want to generate.

Requirements:

 Probably a fresh development version of Perl.  I've tested this only
 with 5.005_60

 The Jasmin Java Assembler.  It comes with _Java_Virtual_Machine_,
 by John Meyer and Troy Downing (O'Reilly and Associates) and can be
 found online at http://mrl.nyu.edu/meyer/jvm/jasmin.html