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That would be great. But I'm wondering why the authors of other major dynamic languages haven't chosen to collaborate and use Parrot as their primary VM.
by johnnybgoode 17y ago
That would be great. But I'm wondering why the authors of other major dynamic languages haven't chosen to collaborate and use Parrot as their primary VM.
- ori_b 17y agoMostly, because they already have a VM that works.
- johnnybgoode 17y agoI guess, but many of them seem to want a more advanced VM. (http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=656594 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=656594)
- granular 17y agoParrot 1.0.0 was released in March of this year. Give it time.
- phr 17y agoA new technology needs to be MUCH better than any technology it hopes to supplant. Of course "better" can have many different meanings. Is Parrot 1.0.0 radically better than other (non-perl) VMs?