Re^4: Perl 6 - I hope it won't take a decade

pmichaud originally wrote PGE in C but the current project is in PIR.

Wow. There must be a good reason for this, but for the life of me, I can't figure it out. Why would you write this in an assembly languge (can you say maintenance nightmare?!?), instead of a high level language? Isn't that what compilers are for? I'm beginning to think a decade is optimistic. Is it just me, or does it seem like anything that touches Parrot turns to stone? Thank goodness for Pugs and A. Tang & Co.

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Re^5: Perl 6 - I hope it won't take a decade by chromatic (Archbishop) on Jan 18, 2006 at 23:20 UTC
Have you ever written anything in PIR, read anything about PIR, or even looked at what PIR code supports? That's a rhetorical question, by the way. It's a lot easier to work with than C. Patrick has said the same thing.	[reply]
Re^5: Perl 6 - I hope it won't take a decade by duff (Parson) on Jan 19, 2006 at 00:19 UTC
Sorry but PIR is a high level language :-) Perhaps you're confusing PIR with PASM which is more akin to an assembly language. Writing PIR is closer to writing in Perl in many ways. duff	[reply]
Re^6: Perl 6 - I hope it won't take a decade by Anonymous Monk on Jan 19, 2006 at 01:55 UTC
OK. What am I missing? All the PIR code I look at seems very similar to assembly language (with the possible exception that the jump instruction has been renamed goto ;-). Combine that with the fact the most descriptions (follow the link to PDF) pretty much state that "PIR is a slightly higher level language than PASM". I'm just curious, why isn't PGE written in (a possibly restricted version of) Perl6?	[reply]
Re^7: Perl 6 - I hope it won't take a decade by dragonchild (Archbishop) on Jan 19, 2006 at 20:07 UTC
PGE is the Perl Grammar Engine, but it's a Parrot distribution. It's meant to be usable in any language that runs on Parrot, not just Perl. In a way, it'll replace the pcre engine. My criteria for good software: Does it work? Can someone else come in, make a change, and be reasonably certain no bugs were introduced?	[reply]
Re^8: Perl 6 - I hope it won't take a decade by Anonymous Monk on Jan 19, 2006 at 20:40 UTC
Re^7: Perl 6 - I hope it won't take a decade by chromatic (Archbishop) on Jan 19, 2006 at 19:38 UTC
There's sort of a bootstrapping problem there.	[reply]
Re^8: Perl 6 - I hope it won't take a decade by Anonymous Monk on Jan 19, 2006 at 20:44 UTC
Re^9: Perl 6 - I hope it won't take a decade by duff (Parson) on Jan 19, 2006 at 21:53 UTC
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Re^5: Perl 6 - I hope it won't take a decade by jdporter (Paladin) on Jan 18, 2006 at 22:04 UTC
C isn't a high level language. It's a portable assembly language.	[reply]
Re^6: Perl 6 - I hope it won't take a decade by Anonymous Monk on Jan 18, 2006 at 22:53 UTC
The sky is blue. Two and two is four. There are seven days in a week. Who said C was a high level language? Last time I checked Pugs was written in Haskell.	[reply]