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Comparing Python and Parrot

Posted by michael on from the tmtowtdi dept.

mAriuZ writes "In many ways, it seems like Python and Parrot are from different planets. In Python, the general approach seems to be to reduce everything possible to a canonical form as early as possible, and then deal with everything consistently. In Parrot, the general approach seems to be to leave everything in its original form as long as possible, and then deal with everything separately."

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  1. Some clarification by Scarblac · · Score: 4, Informative

    Note: TFA compares the virtual machine of Python with Parrot; Parrot is a virtual machine designed for running bytecode of several languages, including Python and Perl (as far as I know - perhaps Parrot is more than that, now).

    This isn't about differences of the language Python with another language, but about how the same language runs with completely different bytecode on the two systems.

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  2. Re:There's no comments by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    Actually, Netcraft confirms that it's just resting.