From: intc_ctor@... (Phil Tomson)
Date: 2004-02-21T02:24:52+09:00
Subject: Re: Ruby to Parrot compiler

Mark <msparshatt@yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message news:<4035121F.6040308@yahoo.co.uk>...
> Is there anyone working on a compiler for compiling Ruby code to work on 
> parrot?
> 
> The latest effort Cardinal seemed to die off before it got started, 
> presumably due to the immaturity of Parrot.
> 
> However version 0.1.0 of Parrot is set to be released on the 29th of 
> this month wich should include support for objects, so this seems to be 
> the ideal time to get a compiler project started up.

So they're promising object support at the end of the month?  I've
heard this for almost two years now.  I'll believe it when I see it.

> 
> Cardinal was set up on Savannah but this seems to be a perfect project 
> to start up on Rubyforge.
> 
> Is anyone else interested in this?
> 
 
I'm very interested in this.  I was the one who setup the project at
Savannah (now I don't even know where I put the passwords for it, it's
been so long ago).  I definately want to see a Ruby front-end for
Parrot.  Back when I started the project I wasn't working.  Since then
I've been going to grad school and more recently I've gotten a job and
I'm still going to grad school so I really don't have a lot of time to
commit to this.

Please feel free start a Cardinal project on Rubyforge.  Even if
Object support in Parrot doesn't come out this month, it will
_eventually_ happen(at least I hope so :).  In the meantime there are
lots of other tasks that could be done.  The foremost being that we
need a good parser for Ruby (Cardinal isn't the only project that
needs this).  I just saw another post that mentioned Ripper again. 
Might be worth a try.  There's also Ruth.  At any rate, I think the
main focus right now needs to be on the frontend until the backend
issues (object support in Parrot) are ironed out.

Phil