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Perl + Python = Parrot

Posted by pudge on from the i-will-finally-be-able-to-read-my-own-code dept.

chipmunk writes "My prayers have been answered! Larry and Guido have joined forces to produce Parrot, what will surely become the best language ever written. The power of Perl and the sanity of Python. The Py3K and Perl 6 development are merging, with Jeremy Hylton and Dan Sugalski as joint development leads. Read more in the press release on use Perl;, and see a joint interview on perl.com!"

It's about time. It's like the right brain and left brain are working together, at long last. O'Reilly has already inked a deal to publish Programming Parrot, and Yet Another Society is set to merge with the recently launched Python Software Foundation. Both Guido and Larry will be working for ActiveState.

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  1. Right by digigasm · · Score: 5

    When's the last time you saw an O'reilly book for $19.95?
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  2. The story so far... by Enry · · Score: 5

    As aliens with no legal rights (but advanced technology we can't communicate with) learn sex tips from ESR, DALNet, Perl and Python have announced that AOL has inserted GPL'd code into Windows, causing many to ask "What isn't in the Internet when Slashdot is at war?". Meanwhile, in another part of the galaxy, Star Bridge is using lzip compression to manufacture boots that will let you jump 6 feet in the air, enough to see the movie screen from behind Jon Katz's head.

    That sound about right?

  3. So funny... by |guillaume| · · Score: 5
    For those who still haven't got it, just look at this piece of code (in Parrot):

    # copy stdin to stdout, except for lines starting with #
    while left_angle_right_angle:
    if dollar_underscore[0] =eq= "#":
    continue_next;
    }
    print dollar_underscore;
    }

    taken from the interview at http://www.perl.com/pub/2001/04/01/parrot.htm

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  4. Joint development? by mwalker · · Score: 5

    Perl and Python to begin joint development

    Well I think that much has been obvious for a while. The question, really, is how much joint development? Are we just talking a blunt every weekend or so, or are these guys dropping a dime bag every day?

    That would at least explain the name of $_

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