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On behalf of the entire Parrot team, I'm proud to announce Parrot 1.7.0
"African Grey." Parrot is a virtual machine aimed at running all dynamic languages.

On behalf of the Parrot team, I'm proud to announce Parrot 1.6.0
"half-pie." Parrot
is a virtual machine aimed at running all dynamic languages.

On behalf of the Parrot team, I'm proud to announce Parrot 1.5.0 "TEH PARROTZ!." Parrot is a virtual machine aimed at running all dynamic languages.

Parrot 1.5.0 is available on Parrot's FTP site, or follow the download instructions. For those who would like to develop on Parrot, or help develop Parrot itself, we recommend using Subversion on our source code repository to get the latest and best Parrot code.

"Look at the skies," whispered the Dog kindly. "Look at the trees where God made beauty. But it is only a sorrow to look on me where God planted ugliness." sighed the Dog, "such a fine small beak you have."

Not his most piercing, his most murderous crow could move this remarkable rag. Not the words of his anger could send this Dog away. Chauntecleer shuddered with rage. His wattles trembled. His feathers stood out and shivered. And seeing that there was nothing else to do, he bit the dog savagely on the nose. ...

Alex Handy wrote a preview article about the upcoming 1.4 release on SDTimes.com.

An article about Parrot, written by architect Allison Randal, was featured in Linux Magazine. The article, titled Why Parrot is Important, talks about how the Parrot VM might be a game changer in the world of dynamic programming languages. If you're new to Parrot, this will be a nice introduction to the motivation and design philosophies behind the project.

On behalf of the Parrot team, I'm proud to announce Parrot 1.3.0 "Andean Swift." Parrot is a virtual machine aimed at running all dynamic languages.

On behalf of the Parrot team, I'm proud to announce Parrot 1.2.0 "Bird Brain." Parrot is a virtual machine aimed at running all dynamic languages.

On behalf of the Parrot team, I'm proud to announce Parrot 1.1.0 "Half-moon Conure." Parrot is a virtual machine aimed at running all dynamic languages.