Re: [Cardinal-dev] [RELEASE] Parrot 007: Secret Agent Bird

[Pat Eyler]

On Fri, 19 Jul 2002, Jeff wrote:

[elision]

>
> Welcome to version 0.0.7 of Parrot.
>
> The big news: Perl 6 grammar and a small but functional compiler!
> Check out languages/perl6 and the tests, but make sure to build
> languages/imcc first.
>
> Functional subroutine, coroutine, and continuation PMCs
> Global variables
> Intermediate bytecode compiler (languages/imcc)
> Assembler now entirely in perl, no more PakFile2.xs
> Working GC
>

It looks like another big jump in functionality ... it may be time to
start doing something serious with cardinal.  The question is what to do
and how to organize it.


-pate

> As per usual, if you want to join in on the fun, start by downloading a
> copy of parrot-0.0.7 at CPAN at one of the following URLs (or a mirror):
>
> http://www.cpan.org/authors/id/J/JG/JGOFF/parrot-0.0.7.tgz
> http://www.cpan.org/src/parrot-0.0.7.tgz
>
> To get the latest CVS version:
>    http://cvs.perl.org/
>
> has the information you need.
>
> Once you've unpacked Parrot, build it as follows:
>
> perl Configure.pl
> make
> make test
>
> After you've done that, look at docs/parrot.pod to learn more about it.
>
> Discussion of Parrot takes place on the perl6-internals mailing list,
> and patches should be sent there as well. If you're not subscribed, look
> at:
>
> http://lists.perl.org/showlist.cgi?name=perl6-internals
>
> for tips on how to subscribe. CVS commit access is given out to
> developers who consistently submit good patches to the mailing list.
>
>
> "The name is Parrot. Percy Parrot."
> --
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