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1. Internet Turtle Ⓐ (taknamay@quitter.se)'s status on Sunday, 12-Nov-2017 09:46:14 EST Internet Turtle Ⓐ
   I wish there were a platform simpler than the JVM but that multiple languages could target for multiple platforms.
   1. Internet Turtle Ⓐ (taknamay@quitter.se)'s status on Sunday, 12-Nov-2017 09:49:27 EST Internet Turtle Ⓐ

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      I wonder how much the JVM developers consider language interoperability in their design decisions, versus just Java.
   2. lnxw48a1 (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Sunday, 12-Nov-2017 09:55:31 EST lnxw48a1

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      @internetturtle There used to be one called ParrotVM that was closely associated with the Perl6 effort, but I haven't heard the name mentioned in a couple of years.
      1. Internet Turtle Ⓐ (taknamay@quitter.se)'s status on Sunday, 12-Nov-2017 09:56:36 EST Internet Turtle Ⓐ

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         @lnxw48a1 It's still developed but isn't really doing anything
         1. lnxw48a1 (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Sunday, 12-Nov-2017 10:14:54 EST lnxw48a1

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            @internetturtle Looks like they have commits as recently as October, but Parrot doesn't seem to be a target platform for Rakudo Star Perl 6 anymore. I'm not sure the other languages that can run on it are going to provide enough impetus to continue improving it.
   3. lnxw48a1 (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Sunday, 12-Nov-2017 09:58:04 EST lnxw48a1

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      @internetturtle Yes, they are still there: http://www.parrot.org/ mentions various language implementations (in various states of completion), including one for Scheme, which are hosted atop their VM.
   4. Koz Ross (koz@quitter.se)'s status on Sunday, 12-Nov-2017 14:20:39 EST Koz Ross

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      @internetturtle Parrot VM?
      1. Internet Turtle Ⓐ (taknamay@quitter.se)'s status on Sunday, 12-Nov-2017 21:00:01 EST Internet Turtle Ⓐ

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         @koz Yeah in principle but development doesn't look too lively. I feel Guile would be better except Windows support is bad.