Site is down, I was curious so I googled a bit: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parrot_virtual_machine http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parrot_virtual_machine Parrot

Site is down, I was curious so I googled a bit: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parrot_virtual_machine http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parrot_virtual_machine Parrot is a register-based virtual machine being developed using the C programming language and intended to run dynamic languages efficiently. It uses just-in-time compilation for speed to reduce the interpretation overhead. It is currently possible to compile Parrot assembly language and PIR (an intermediate language) to Parrot bytecode and execute it. Parrot was started by the Perl community, and is developed with help from the open source and free software communities.