[Zope] Parrot Language a Hoax?

[Phil Harris]

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----- Original Message -----
From: "Casey Duncan" <cduncan@kaivo.com>
To: "Michael R. Bernstein" <webmaven@lvcm.com>
Cc: "Jonathan Byron" <geodigest@telocity.com>; <zope@zope.org>
Sent: Monday, April 02, 2001 11:35 PM
Subject: Re: [Zope] Parrot Language a Hoax?


> "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!
>
> --
> | Casey Duncan
> | Kaivo, Inc.
> | cduncan@kaivo.com
> `------------------>
>
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