Yes, Perlito creates an AST. I've been considering RPython as a possible backend.

$ node perlito5.js -Cast-perl5 -e ' print "hello, World!" '
[
    bless({
        'body' => [
            bless({
                'arguments' => [
                    bless({
                        'buf' => 'hello, World!',
                    }, 'Perlito5::AST::Val::Buf'),
                ],
                'code' => 'print',
                'namespace' => '',
            }, 'Perlito5::AST::Apply'),
        ],
        'name' => 'main',
    }, 'Perlito5::AST::CompUnit'),
]
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