>===== Original Message From claird / starbase.neosoft.com (Cameron Laird) =====
>In article <20010325133102.A8477 / acmez.gatech.edu>,
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>>of Ruby and Pyton?  There were even rumors that Perl6 will be able to
>>interpret Ruby/Python scripts ...
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>There have been several schemes designed and
>implemented through the years for interpreting
>other languages in Perl contexts.  I understand
>the probability is high that Perl6 will expose
>whole new parsing functionalities.  One conse-
>quence will be that it'll be easier to move in
>the direction of Ruby interpretation, for example.
[...]

My understanding is that Perl 6 will separate out the parsing
front end from the Perl backend.  This is primarily intended
to allow people to create localized languages, special
mini-languages for configuration, and the like.  But since the
back end is designed to look like Perl, implementing any
language in it with a completely different internal design
(like Ruby) would be painful.

I am not following the 6.0 process closely, but that is my
expectation.

Cheers,
Ben