  A quick check on the new Perl implementation proves that it is in fact moving along quite nicely. Dan's blog tells a lot about the development in particular, and I am looking forward to the new code. I am personally not in favor of using virtual machines--the code, though portable, just isn't very fast (or maybe this was just Java, heh). The new parrot codebase looks interesting though, and I can't wait to take a peek at the finished product.
Parrot seems to be directing itself towards .NET-style development--that is, many different front-ends can be converted into an intermediate code language that in turn is interpeted at the (byte level?). It'll mean developing applications should be easier, if not a whole lot faster. Besides, I can't complain, perl is awesome. urlLink http://www.sidhe.org/~dan/blog/ urlLink http://dev.perl.org/perl6/ urlLink http://www.parrotcode.org/ 
