Re: New Perl Features are Just Sugar From Language X

Virtual Machines (like Parrot): Java had one first, and Scheme and other LISP varients before that

Erm... If Schene had one before Java, Java's not the first.

Perl 5's a VM, and it's older than the JVM. Having said that, the UCSD P-machine's older still, as is the inform engine and any number of BASICs.

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Re^2: New Perl Features are Just Sugar From Language X by Anonymous Monk on Oct 12, 2004 at 14:59 UTC
Maybe you should have read to the end of the line you quoted, where he clearly states that Scheme and LISP had them before Java.	[reply]
Re^3: New Perl Features are Just Sugar From Language X by tilly (Archbishop) on Oct 12, 2004 at 23:06 UTC
The point that Perl had a VM before Java is still important though. Parrot is just an attempt to polish and unhitch that wheel from Perl.	[reply]
Re^2: New Perl Features are Just Sugar From Language X by ambrus (Abbot) on Oct 12, 2004 at 20:42 UTC
I'd guess the first programming language that has something I'd call a virtual machine might be Forth.	[reply]
Re^3: New Perl Features are Just Sugar From Language X by tilly (Archbishop) on Oct 12, 2004 at 23:09 UTC
Good guess, but LISP wins. Forth was invented in 1968. The first version of LISP is about a decade older.	[reply]