At 12:15 PM 8/28/2002 -0700, Steve Fink wrote:
>Anyone else notice that imcc eats something called PIR, for _P_arrot
>_I_ntermediate um... _R_anguage? I think Melvin was avoiding PIL

_R_epresentation

I'm influenced mostly by my favorite compiler book by Steven Muchnick. He
has 3 intermediate languages LIR, MIR, and HIR throughout his
book. Hey, we might as well have our own, even if it is feeble in its current
form.

>because it might tempt someone to reimplement it and advertise it with
>"Okay, people, it's time for Parrot to swallow a better PIL!"

I thought of that one already.

>Ouch. Apologies in advance.

Too late, bad joke noted. :)

-Melvin


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