On Thu, 2009-01-08 at 13:56 -0700, Andrew McNabb wrote: > I was thinking the same question as Stuart, but I couldn't figure out > how to say it without it sounding like flamebait. Apparently he > couldn't either. :)
To me, one of the coolest things about Parrot is the Parrot Compiler Toolkit. It makes creating a simple languages trivial, and complex languages approachable. Another potential benefit is better cross pollination of libraries and frameworks. Imagine Ruby programmers having access to all of CPAN, Perl mongers writing Django apps, Pythonistas interfacing with legacy TCL code, TCL programmers scripting Scheme apps, Schemers... ignoring Parrot, wandering around their own little universe grumbling about how no one uses decent languages anymore. At least in theory. -- When you tell me I should give proprietary software a fair technical evaluation because its features are so nice, what you are actually doing is saying "Look at the shine on those manacles!" to someone who remembers feeling like a slave. -- Eric S. Raymond /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
