Archive: November 12, 2005

Saturday, November 12, 2005

1. Neko VM (via LtU):

   Neko is an intermediate programming language. It has been designed to provide a common runtime for several different languages. Learning and using Neko is very easy, but you're not supposed to directly program in Neko. Instead, you can write a generator from your preferred language to Neko and then use the Neko runtime to compile, run, and access libraries.
   
   Neko is a good way for language designers to focus on design and reuse a fast and well-designed runtime, as well as existing libraries for accessing filesystem, network, databases, xml...

   In other words, what Parrot's supposed to be... or supposed to have been, going on 5 and a half years. (Sorry, finally got around to reading Dan's Parrot Post-Mortem last night.) Actually, here's Neko's FAQ on Parrot.

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2. Little Green Footballs has a map of the riots in France.

   Update: lgf: French Intifada, Day 17. Still going. Also, this makes it France, Belgium, and Denmark that have now had similar riots. I wonder if those riots are still going.

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