> I don't think we should even think about putting Parrot into AOLserver as > the primary multi-language support mechanism until it's actually stable > and being used (beta-level at the minimum). I'm reminded of the colleague > who suggested (in early 2001) that I use C# or Mozilla/XUL for my > bioinformatics GUI app, because "they were just as cross-platform as > Java, and were probably faster". Mind you, in early 2001, they didn't > *work*, but that seemed to be a minor factor in the coolness argument ;).
This is a key point and one I 100% agree with. Parrot, being tightly bound with Perl6, isn't something the AOLServer community should rely on existing in the near future. At ActiveState, where all things scripting are sacred to us, Parrot/Perl6 isn't even on the radar at this point (not even the long-range radar). That said, anyone interested in the research aspects should look into it, but I won't be surprised to see this take as long as Mozilla to reach fruition. Jeff
