Mitchell N Charity <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> (1) LANGUAGES.STATUS is out of date.
>
> I found (on linux x86 [1]):
>
> These languages failed to build:
>   BASIC/interpreter
>   jako
>   miniperl
>   tcl
>
> And these languages were quite broken (bad make test failures):
>   BASIC/compiler [2]
>   m4
>   ruby
>   scheme
>
> LANGUAGES.STATUS says they all work.
>
> If my result is typical, adding a
>   S: Not working as of 0.0.14 release.
> line to each of these entries seems appropriate.
>
>
> (2) Also, these languages' directories could really use README's:
>   python
>   plot
> README's saying just what their LANGUAGES.STATUS entries say
> ("elsewhere" and "broken and abandoned", respectively).

Ditch plot, it was a quick and dirty attempt at a scheme interpreter
based on closures at OSCON last year that failed dismally. I keep
meaning to do something properly now that we have objects, but it won't
be in the parrot tree 'til it's working.

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