Perl 6 And Parrot Essentials

This up-to-date progress report includes several eye- opening changes emerging from the rewrite of Perl. The biggest news is Parrot, the interpreter engine that will execute code written in the new Perl 6 language. Designed to be language independent, Parrot can be used to interpret other dynamic languages such as Python, Tcl, Ruby, and even Java. Perl 6 & Parrot Essentials also covers the most revolutionary change in the language itself-Apocalypse 12 on objects. Due for release in June 2004, this is the product of cutting-edge research in object-oriented languages and is guaranteed to be a hot topic. Written by members of the Perl 6 core development team, this new edition offers an unparalleled preview of a major new technology.