Parrot
Posts about the Parrot virtual machine for Perl 6. Although Parrot itself is still in development, I have not used Parrot or updated these pages in quite a while.
Parrot Babysteps 0e - Parrot Namespaces
Oct 11, 2010
Coolnamehere · parrot · learn ·
This is part 14 of Parrot Babysteps, my ongoing Parrot PIR tutorial.
Parrot Babysteps 0d - The SpaceTrade Project
Aug 2, 2010 (Updated Aug 30, 2010)
Coolnamehere · parrot · learn ·
This is part 13 of Parrot Babysteps, my ongoing Parrot PIR tutorial.
Parrot Babysteps 0c - The Stellar App
Jul 15, 2010 (Updated Jul 15, 2010)
Coolnamehere · parrot · learn · space ·
This is part 12 of Parrot Babysteps, my ongoing Parrot PIR tutorial.
Parrot Babysteps 0b - Subroutine Params
Jun 15, 2010 (Updated Apr 11, 2011)
Coolnamehere · parrot · learn ·
This is part 11 of Parrot Babysteps, my ongoing Parrot PIR tutorial.
Parrot Babysteps 0a - The Stellar Project
Jun 2, 2010 (Updated Apr 12, 2011)
Coolnamehere · parrot · learn · space ·
This is part 10 of Parrot Babysteps, my ongoing Parrot PIR tutorial.
Parrot Babysteps 09 - Simple Projects
Apr 29, 2010 (Updated Apr 12, 2011)
Coolnamehere · parrot · learn ·
This is part 9 of Parrot Babysteps, my ongoing Parrot PIR tutorial.
Parrot Babysteps 08 - Testing With Test::More
Dec 16, 2009 (Updated Apr 12, 2011)
Coolnamehere · parrot · learn ·
This is part 8 of Parrot Babysteps, my ongoing Parrot PIR tutorial.
Co-written by Jonathan “Duke” Leto, Parrot core developer and author of Tapir.
Dec 9, 2009
Coolnamehere · parrot · perl ·
Parrot is more than just PIR and PASM. I’m not talking about the ability to use languages like Rakudo written for the Parrot virtual machine. I am also not talking about the ability to write your own language. Both of those are quite nifty, of course. It is fair to say that those two items are probably why you are experimenting with Parrot in the first place. However, the Parrot distribution also ships with an extra language: NQP.
Parrot Babysteps 07 - Writing Subroutines
Oct 6, 2009 (Updated Apr 12, 2011)
Coolnamehere · parrot · learn ·
This is part 7 of Parrot Babysteps, my ongoing Parrot PIR tutorial.
Parrot Babysteps 06 - Files and Hashes
Oct 2, 2009 (Updated Apr 12, 2011)
Coolnamehere · parrot · learn · space ·
This is part 6 of Parrot Babysteps, my ongoing Parrot PIR tutorial.
This one’s a bit more bloggy than the earlier steps, but that’s just the mood I was in when writing it. You can ignore the commentary and focus on the code if that’s your preference.
Parrot Babysteps 05 - More About Arrays
Sep 29, 2009 (Updated Feb 12, 2010)
Coolnamehere · parrot · learn ·
This is part 5 of Parrot Babysteps, my ongoing Parrot PIR tutorial.
Parrot Babysteps 04 - Adding Command Line Arguments
Sep 17, 2009 (Updated Jul 21, 2010)
Coolnamehere · parrot · learn ·
This is part 4 of Parrot Babysteps, my ongoing Parrot PIR tutorial.
Parrot Babysteps 03 - Simple Control Structures
Sep 11, 2009 (Updated Feb 12, 2010)
Coolnamehere · parrot · learn ·
This is part 3 of Parrot Babysteps, my ongoing Parrot PIR tutorial.
Parrot Babysteps 01 - Getting Started
Jul 12, 2009 (Updated Apr 11, 2011)
Coolnamehere · parrot · learn ·
This is part 1 of Parrot Babysteps, my ongoing Parrot PIR tutorial.
Jul 11, 2009
Coolnamehere · parrot ·
Parrot is a virtual machine that provides the base for Rakudo and a large number of other languages. I honestly can’t tell you what its virtues are compared to other virtual machines, because I’m just not that well informed. I have been exploring PIR, the Parrot Intermediate Representation language. It’s a lot more low level than what I’m used to, but it is still a lot of fun to play with.Parrot Babysteps 02 - Variables and Types
Jul 11, 2009 (Updated Jul 21, 2010)
Coolnamehere · parrot · learn ·
This is part 2 of Parrot Babysteps, my ongoing Parrot PIR tutorial.
Jul 10, 2009 (Updated Oct 6, 2009)
Coolnamehere · parrot · learn ·
This is the introduction to Parrot Babysteps, my ongoing Parrot PIR tutorial.