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Parrot: For Real

Posted by Hemos on from the and-you-thought-it-was-a-joke dept.

Thanks to Pudge of Slashteam for pointing out that very early version of Parrot has been released. You may recall Parrot from The April Fool's joke - but it's coming to life.

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  1. Parrot for Palm by iCharles · · Score: 2, Interesting
    There is Pippy, Python for Palm, and rumors of a Perl for Palm (both are supported on CE).


    Perhaps, though, making a rock-solid Parrot-for-Palm would be a way to get a good implmentation of both languages for Palm. The developers could share with each other, and the OS-specific routines could be held in common (accessed via specific "header files" (modules, etc.)).


    Hmmmmm....

  2. Re:... other... April Fool's day joke... implement by ScoLgo · · Score: 2, Interesting

    The one part of the spec that apparently has been implemented...

    SPECIAL FEATURES
    Because of the employment of the Signetics' proprietary Sanderson-Rabbet Channel the 25120 will provide 50% higher speed than you will obtain.

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