A vision for Parrot

[Robin Becker]

In article <mailman.1036579568.14685.python-list at python.org>, Carel
Fellinger <carel.fellinger at chello.nl> writes
>On Wed, Nov 06, 2002 at 09:07:57AM +0000, Robin Becker wrote:
>...
>> Isn't it a commonplace that the n x m translation problem is best solved
>> by having a common intermediate? This seems more efficient when 
>
>Yep, it is a commonplace, but that doesn't make it true:)
>
>You see, for the common constructs this might be true, but each
>language has it weird corners and for those you'll end up with
>language pair specific translations inside the intermediate language,
>i.e. if there *is* such a translation. There will always be some left
>overs that can't be (easily) translated.  e.g. suppose one of the
>languages support continuations, but the others don't, bad luck.
....yes I understand that .NET and Python have some disputes about
universality :)
-- 
Robin Becker