What is Python's answer to Perl 6?

[Michael Sparks]

On Sun, 31 Oct 2004, Wilk wrote:

> Max M <maxm at mxm.dk> writes:
>
> > Reinhold Birkenfeld wrote:
> >> Max M wrote:
> >>>
> >>>I just wonder what the difference is between .net, Mono and Parrot?
> >>>
> >>>To me they all seem to pretty similar goals.
> >> .NET and Mono _are_ pretty much the same - Mono is an open-source
> >> reimplementation of the .NET framework.
> >
> > Yes, I know that. But know that is both .net and mono, why parrot?
>
> It was java, why .net and mono...
> And finaly, there is python, why java ;-) ?

If we're being silly, given Simula 67 was OO, byte code interpreted,
compiled, did everything by reference etc, you could say "why python,
java, etc" ;-)

I think the answer really just boils down to "because" ;-)
(As I say above, if we're being silly :)


Michael.