What is Python's answer to Perl 6?

[Michael Hoffman]

Dirkjan Ochtman wrote:
> The virtual machine underlying the Perl 6 language, Parrot 
> (www.parrotcode.org) will also support running Python. This will 
> probably incur performance benefits as well as allowing some interesting 
> interoperability between Perl 6 and Python-on-Parrot.

I'll believe the performance benefits when I see them. The Parrot people 
promised they would be faster by OSCON 2004 or Guido would get to pie 
Dan Sugalski in the face. If you don't already know what happened, you 
can see a picture here:

http://weblogs.mozillazine.org/zach/archives/006129.html
-- 
Michael Hoffman