[Zope] Parrot Language a Hoax?

[Casey Duncan]

"Michael R. Bernstein" wrote:
> 
> Jonathan Byron wrote:
> >
> > The date of the press release on the merger of python and perl have made a
> > few people wonder just how serious it is, not to mention the fact that the
> > two languages are so dissimilar that merging them is like merging English
> > and Chinese.
> 
> I am trying to find a polite way to say 'Duh!'.
> 
> This idea is so improbable, that not even the page on
> O'Reilly's site could make me blink:
> http://www.oreilly.com/parrot/
> 
> I mean, look at this code:
> 
>     # copy stdin to stdout, except for lines starting with #
>          while left_angle_right_angle:
>              if dollar_underscore[0] =eq= "#":
>                  continue_next;
>              }
>         print dollar_underscore;
>     }
> 
> Or this one:
> 
>     while(@line = Sys::Stdin->readline()):
>         continue_next if $line[0] =eq= "#":
>         print @line;
>     }
> 
> Bleh!
> 
> Michael Bernstein.
> 

Wow, a language with both explicit and implicit block delimiting! Truely
an idea whose time has come! I especially like starting a block with ":"
and ending it with "}". Also, putting one line conditional code before
the conditional statement is pure brilliance.

I think I will rewrite Zope in Parrot. While I'm at it I think I'll add
VBScript support server-side along with Frontpage Bots support. I'm
thinking that using Bots could even make DTML obsolete! I will also add
a few more frames to the management interface and use Active X form
elements. I'll release it under the GPL of course!

Just think of the possibilities!

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| Casey Duncan
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