Parrot Architecture

By Allison Randal from PDX.pm
Date: Monday June 25, 2007 15:10
Duration: 50 minutes

Parrot is a virtual machine like no other. Targeting dynamic languages, it incorporates an object-oriented assembly language, is register-based rather than stack-based, and employs continuations as the core means of flow control. This talk explains the overall architecture of Parrot and the theory behind that architecture. Handouts will include a recommended reading list for further study.