Re^2: Parrot, the future of dynamic languages ?

The real question I have is .. why do executives care? They shouldn't. Parrot is about making language development easier and possibly reduces install footprint by not having VM clones, but it's not a big impact to anyone who is not a language developer.

There is a huge reason why executives should care - it makes their developers more productive. If you have two languages, say Perl and Ruby, and you are programming in one and want to use a library in the other ... Perl can do it because we have Inline. But, what if you have a bunch of code in Ruby and want to use a Perl library like, say, the Template Toolkit? If both languages target Parrot, you can. If they don't, you can't. End. Of. Story.

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