oh right .. the perl vm .. I wonder what the status of perl is these days - I thought python had replaced it already :)
nimret On Wed, May 25, 2011 at 10:30 AM, James Cooper <[email protected]>wrote: > And of course there's Parrot: > > http://www.parrot.org/ > > Which is a VM that can host a variety of languages including a Python 3 > impl: > > https://bitbucket.org/allison/pynie > > not sure its status though > > -- James > > > On Wed, May 25, 2011 at 10:26 AM, Nimret Sandhu <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> VMs have been around for decades >> >> also check out http://www.xmlvm.org/overview/ >> >> python itself has various VMs for it ( google it) >> >> VMs work great btw =) >> >> >> <http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8&q=ironpython+ded#sclient=psy&hl=en&source=hp&q=ironpython+dead&aq=f&aqi=g1g-m1&aql=&oq=&pbx=1&fp=783454df8801b682&biw=938&bih=690> >> cheers, >> nimret >> http://www.nimret.org >> <http://www.nimret.org> >> >> On Wed, May 25, 2011 at 10:07 AM, Christopher Barker < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >>> On 5/25/11 8:16 AM, Nimret Sandhu wrote: >>> >>>> uhhh .. jython's ( http://www.jython.org) has been around for years and >>>> is very much usable. >>>> >>> >>> There's also IronPython -- and I'm pretty sure there's an IronRuby as >>> well. >>> >>> That's theoretically one the key points of the "Common Language Runtime" >>> -- multiple languages, one VM -- and they call all call each other. I don't >>> know how well it works, and I'm not fan of anything proprietary*, but it's a >>> pretty cool idea. >>> >>> -Chris >>> >>> * There is Mono, of course.... >>> >>> -- >>> Christopher Barker, Ph.D. >>> Oceanographer >>> >>> Emergency Response Division >>> NOAA/NOS/OR&R (206) 526-6959 voice >>> 7600 Sand Point Way NE (206) 526-6329 fax >>> Seattle, WA 98115 (206) 526-6317 main reception >>> >>> [email protected] >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Nimret Sandhu >> http://www.nimret.org >> > > > > -- > > James Cooper > Principal Consultant - Bitmechanic LLC > http://www.bitmechanic.com/ > -- Nimret Sandhu http://www.nimret.org
