# A vision for Parrot **URL:** \ **Category:** ruby-talk\ **Created:** [10 November 2002 07:14 UTC](https://rubytalk.org/t/a-vision-for-parrot/2785 "2002-11-10T07:14:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Bulat\_Ziganshin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ba8739/32.png) [@Bulat\_Ziganshin](https://rubytalk.org/u/Bulat_Ziganshin)\ **Post date:** [10 November 2002 07:14 UTC](https://rubytalk.org/t/a-vision-for-parrot/2785/1 "2002-11-10T07:14:20Z")
Hello Daniel, Tuesday, November 05, 2002, 12:20:52 AM, you wrote: > this morning it struck me that it would be nice to have Parrot not > only run Perl 6 and similar byte code, but that any of the common > interpreted languages be compiled to this same byte code. the name Parrot was inspired by 1-st april joke that matz and larry was codeveloped new language called parrot 🙂 so this platform was developed with at least perl, ruby and python in mind. there is at least two common bytecode platforms at this time - jvm and .net; but at any time there will be languages too different for standard virtual machines > **···** > > – > Best regards, > Bulat [mailto:bulatz@integ.ru](mailto:bulatz@integ.ru) ---
**Author:** ![Jeremy\_Henty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Jeremy\_Henty](https://rubytalk.org/u/Jeremy_Henty)\ **Post date:** [10 November 2002 08:03 UTC](https://rubytalk.org/t/a-vision-for-parrot/2785/2 "2002-11-10T08:03:53Z")
Actually IIRC the original Parrot was a hybrid of Perl and Python. The hoax mentioned that Matz had called Larry and Guido thanking them for the rush of new Ruby users. Nice to see language differences being the source of a laugh for once. Regards, Jeremy Henty > **···** > > In article [15244159042.20021110101328@integ.ru](mailto:15244159042.20021110101328@integ.ru), Bulat Ziganshin wrote: > > > the name Parrot was inspired by 1-st april joke that matz and larry > > was codeveloped new language called parrot 🙂