On Sep 11, 5:33 am, Andrew Whitworth <[email protected]> wrote: > I have formulated my thoughts, after talking with several people over > the past few days, in a (lengthy) blog post: > > http://whiteknight.github.com/2011/09/10/dust_settles.html > > The short version is this: JavaScript and Python as dukeleto suggests > are great goals, and demonstrating working compilers for each and > interoperability between them is an important milestone. However, > these are not and cannot be our current, primary goal. Our current > goal should be improving Rakudo, and doing what we can to make Rakudo > better, and to make Parrot better for Rakudo. JavaScript and Python > compilers serve as a refinement to narrow that focus and help to keep > us from losing sight of some bigger goals over time. Right now we need > to focus on Rakudo because Rakudo is our user base. We should make > design decisions with an eye towards the impact they will have on > JavaScript and Python, but we need to focus primarily on Rakudo. > > I think any other course of action, modulo a few small tweaks, will > bring negative consequences to both projects. > > --Andrew Whitworth >
I agree with whiteknight++, +INF. :) _______________________________________________ http://lists.parrot.org/mailman/listinfo/parrot-dev
