Parrot is a VirtualMachine designed for running DynamicallyTyped languages like PerlSix, LuaLanguage, RubyLanguage, PythonLanguage, and ToolCommandLanguage. 
Parrot has a register-based design for its VirtualMachine.

External Web Sites:
* http://www.parrot.org/ -- the main site
* http://docs.parrot.org/parrot/devel/html/docs/overview.pod.html -- design of Parrot
* http://planet.parrotcode.org/ -- an aggregator of Parrot-related blogs
* https://github.com/parrot/parrot/wiki -- the official Parrot wiki
* http://www.rakudo.org/ -- a PerlSix implementation on Parrot

(Warning: parrot[etc]''.com'' is a spam site or whatever you call domain name typo squatters.)

Mailing list:
* http://lists.parrot.org/pipermail/parrot-dev/ -- Archive
	
Historically the name 'Parrot' derives from the ParrotLanguage April Fools joke.  
As far as we know, Jimmy Buffet has nothing to do with this... :)

Parrot is released monthly, with longer-time support for every third release.

The source of the virtual machine is available through various channels; see
http://www.parrot.org/download

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Hmmm, I was expecting a page about the dangers of using code you don't understand. Still, Parrot looks interesting. -- BevanArps