pirate guide

[Michal Wallace]

Just got the parrot calling conventions working for Py-Pirate.

I also wrote a guide that explains how the code is laid out
for people who don't know python:

http://pirate.versionhost.com/viewcvs.cgi/pirate/GUIDE?rev=1.1

Sincerely,

Michal J Wallace
Sabren Enterprises, Inc.
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[Adriano R. Ferreira]

Isn't 'pirate' the name of the Lua compiler for Parrot (by Klaas-Jan Stol)?

On Wed, 6 Aug 2003 21:38:25 -0400 (EDT), Michal Wallace <mic...@sabren.com>
wrote:
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Adriano

[K Stol]

----- Original Message -----
From: "Adriano R. Ferreira" <ferr...@triang.com.br>
To: <perl6-i...@perl.org>
Sent: Wednesday, August 06, 2003 6:49 PM
Subject: Re: pirate guide

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> Isn't 'pirate' the name of the Lua compiler for Parrot (by Klaas-Jan
Stol)?
>

Actually it is :-). At the time that the thread on python->parrot began, I
didn't work on Lua->Parrot anymore,
and because "pirate" really is a cool name (well, I think it is :-) I didn't
want the name to be lost, and I figured Python-Parrot will be more used than
Lua-Parrot. Besides, Py-rrot ~> Pirate is logical. (Michal didn't know I
already used the name "Pirate")
But indeed, it's a bit confusing sometimes. However, I think the context
makes it clear which one is meant.

At this moment, I'm trying to create a parser for the new version of Lua,
version 5. Pirate was the compiler for Lua 4, and wasn't finished. I decided
to try to recreate a Lua->Parrot compiler, but now for version 5. If it
works -if it will be working ever- I probably rename the thing to something
else, so "Pirate" will mean the Python->Parrot compiler.

Klaas-Jan