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Package: parrot (0.4.13-1)

virtual machine to execute bytecode for interpreted languages

Parrot is a virtual machine designed to execute bytecode for interpreted languages efficiently. Parrot will be the target for the Perl 6 compiler. There is already a partial Perl 6 compiler as well as compilers in various stages of completion for a wide range of other languages.

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