Posted by: Anonymous Coward
on February 27, 2004 12:27 PM
> I hope that we'lll get the CLI that<nobr> <wbr></nobr>.Net has - So > I can compile my C/C++/python/php code into a > module and link it in without platform/compiler > issues.
This *is* exactly Perl 6. People miss the point that Perl 6 and Parrot (the VM) will change the whole landscape. Parrot is meant to be the VM to run Perl and any other language, including hopefully Python and Ruby. Once Perl 6 and Parrot debut, it will only be a matter of time before a translator for Java bytecode to Parrot bytecode comes out.
Imagine combining the expressiveness of Perl with the structure of Java. Once these disparate languages work together on Parrot, we can return to the age-old Unix adage, "the best tool for the job". Then we can get more work done, rather than endlessly reproducing efforts in various languages when there is no benefit.
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Re:Yay!
Posted by: Anonymous Coward on February 27, 2004 12:27 PM> I can compile my C/C++/python/php code into a
> module and link it in without platform/compiler
> issues.
This *is* exactly Perl 6. People miss the point that Perl 6 and Parrot (the VM) will change the whole landscape. Parrot is meant to be the VM to run Perl and any other language, including hopefully Python and Ruby. Once Perl 6 and Parrot debut, it will only be a matter of time before a translator for Java bytecode to Parrot bytecode comes out.
Imagine combining the expressiveness of Perl with the structure of Java. Once these disparate languages work together on Parrot, we can return to the age-old Unix adage, "the best tool for the job". Then we can get more work done, rather than endlessly reproducing efforts in various languages when there is no benefit.
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