Parrot is a virtual machine designed to efficiently compile and execute bytecode for dynamic languages. Parrot currently hosts a variety of language implementations in various stages of completion, including Tcl, Javascript, Ruby, Lua, Scheme, PHP, Python, Perl 6, APL, and a .NET bytecode translator.

At the first Parrot Developer Summit in Mountain View, CA, core Parrot developers got together and worked on the plan for Parrot language, including a release schedule for the next three years.

• March 2009, 1.0, stable API for language developers
• July 2009, 1.5, integration
• January 2010, 2.0, production use
• July 2010, 2.5, portability
• January 2011, 3.0, independence
• July 2011, 3.5, green fields

Very cool that they'll be stabilizing the API so that language development can have a solid base to work with. I'm just a little disappointed that "production use" is 14 months away. Does that mean that the soonest Rakudo will be available for "production use" will be January 2010? 

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