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From: Christopher Browne <cbbrowne@acm.org>
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Subject: Re: Icon Wish 2
Date: 18 Sep 2002 14:21:02 GMT
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The world rejoiced as TrolletAtskynetDOTbe <complaint@nospam.org> wrote:
> Christopher Browne wrote:
>
>> That's true; in theory, that ought to be a benefit of glomming onto
>> "Perl Parrot," as the plan is to hook 'externs' to Perl through that
>> level, and if that's the case, that buys "free hooks" for anyone else
>> using Parrot for their own ends.
>>
>> While you can download, compile, and use Parrot today, there is
>> certainly a lot of "vapor" to it...
>
> Is there a place I can get a peek at it?
<http://www.parrotcode.org/>
> What is the 'amount of job' neccessary to change the Icon runtime to use
> it?
I have /no/ idea. I have not been intimate with Icon bytecode, so
can't suggest the scope of the differences.
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