Greetings, my friend. We are all interested in the future, for that is where you and I are going to spend the rest of our lives.

Remember, my friend, future events such as these will affect you in the future.

You are interested in the unknown... the mysterious. The unexplainable. That is why you are here. My friend, we cannot keep this a secret any longer. Let us punish the guilty. Let us reward the innocent. My friend, can your heart stand the shocking facts of ....

— "Plan 9 From Outer Space"

The Parrot Developer Summit last month was incredibly productive. One of the biggest results was a roadmap for the next several years of releases, starting with the 1.0 production release in March 2009. Many of us on the project have been treating 1.0 as the perfect release where all features we could ever hope for are completed. But the simple fact is, there will always be interesting new features to add to the project, and that's a good thing. The paradigm shift for the new release plan is to start treating 1.0 more like we already treat our regular monthly releases.

On behalf of the Parrot team, I'm proud to announce Parrot 0.8.2 "Feliz Loro." Parrot is a virtual machine aimed at running all dynamic languages.

On behalf of the Parrot team, I'm proud to announce Parrot 0.8.1 "Tio Richie." Parrot is a virtual machine aimed at running all dynamic languages.

Rat Creature #1: Comrade! We are about to feast! Quick, get your fat carcass behind this bush and get ready!

Rat Creature #1: Hello, small mammal.... Could you step in here for a moment? I've got something to show you....

Fone Bone: Can't you show me out here, where I've got runnin' space?

September and October of 2008 saw the usual monthly Parrot releases. The September release, numbered 0.7.1, included major advances in Rakudo, the Perl 6 on Parrot implementation. New features included support for precompiled modules and scripts, the implementation of various builtins, quoting operators, gather/take, as well as the initial implementation of multi-method dispatch.

The Parrot Foundation announced today that the BBC, UK-based public service broadcaster, will join the Parrot Foundation's advisory board.

The Parrot Foundation advisory board is made up of a select group of companies who can offer perspective and experience on the current and future applications of the Parrot virtual machine and related language implementations. The advisory board is a channel for its members to share in the development of the project and contribute feedback on features, languages, and tools to aid in focusing development efforts on areas of greatest impact.

On behalf of the Parrot team, I'm proud to announce Parrot 0.8.0
"Pareto Principle." Parrot is a virtual machine aimed at running all dynamic languages.

ActiveState, commercial provider of tools and support for dynamic languages, has joined the Parrot Foundation's advisory board.

The Parrot Foundation advisory board is made up of a select group of companies who can offer perspective and experience on the current and future applications of the Parrot virtual machine and related language implementations. The advisory board is a channel for its members to share in the development of the project and contribute feedback on features, languages, and tools to aid in focusing development efforts on areas of greatest impact.

On September 17th 2008, Patrick Michaud released Parrot 0.7.1. Read on for more details or download Parrot 0.7.1 from CPAN.

On August 19th 2008, Bob Rogers released Parrot 0.7.0. Read on for more details or download Parrot 0.7.0 from CPAN.