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in reply to Re^2: How much Perl6 have we got?
in thread How much Perl6 have we got?

I don't think the joke made people think "actually, that's want we really need for Perl 6". But once someone came up with the idea of multi-language virtual machine it didn't take long for someone to remember the joke and realise that the VM had to be called Parrot.

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