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Parrot 1.0.0 Released

Posted by timothy on from the take-a-beak dept.

outZider writes "Parrot 1.0.0 was released last night! The release of Parrot 1.0 provides the first "stable" release to developers, with a supportable, stable API for language developers to build from. For those who don't know, Parrot is a virtual machine for dynamic languages like Perl, PHP, Python, and Ruby, and is best known as the virtual machine for Rakudo, the reference implementation of Perl 6."

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  1. Re:VM question by outZider · · Score: 5, Informative

    I'm not very good with thedetailed explanation, as I am not a Parrot developer, but Parrot's VM is geared toward dynamically typed languages like Perl, Python, Ruby, and PHP. The JVM and CLR are geared toward static typed languages, which is why dynamic language ports to the CLR generally require code changes and cleanup to work properly under those environments.

    Parrot gives all the benefits of a virtual machine to the dynamic side of the language aisle, while being incredibly easy to extend and build on, and is open source from the start.

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  2. The original Parrot was an April Fool's joke by ptbarnett · · Score: 5, Informative
    The original Slashdot article from almost 8 years ago: Perl + Python = Parrot.

    It included a mock press release: Perl and Python Announce Joint Development.

    And a joint "interview" of Larry and Guido.

    O'Reilly Media even tossed in a bogus book announcement: Programming Parrot in a Nutshell.

    A few days later, O'Reilly published The Story Behind the Parrot Prank.

    The name was eventually adopted by this project.