Hi, I am thinking about using Parrot as the VM for a small, experimental functional language. My priority is ease of getting things working. I was wondering if:
- this is the right list for parrot (parrot-porters-subscribe bounced)? - whether there was a more suitable venue (more focussed on developing languages with parrot than on perl/parrot itself)? - if anyone could recommend some good code (an already implemented language) to copy and hack? On the last point, all I really need is first class functions, basic types, eager (partial) evaluation, pattern matching (where is that handled?) and a little mutability. In other words, I don't care much about first class continuations, exceptions, (static) types or inheritance. Also, am I right in thinking that I can use whatever language I want for generating the IR? Are there any libraries/toolkits for various languages? I hate to admit it, but I would prefer not Perl (sorry, haven't used it for years...), although if that's hugely easier I guess I go that route anyway. Thanks, Andrew
