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