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<h1>What is PL/Parrot?</h1>
<p><strong>PL/Parrot</strong> is the <a href="http://parrot.org">Parrot Virtual Machine,</a> embedded into the <a href="http://postgresql.org">PostgreSQL</a> relational database. This means
that any Parrot language has the opportunity to become a PostgreSQL Procedural Language (PL). PL/Parrot, supports writing
stored procedures in the following languages:
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<li><a href="plpir.html">PL/PIR(U) - Parrot Intermediate Representation (PIR)</a></li>
<li><a href="plperl6.html">PL/Perl6(U) - Rakudo Perl 6</a></li>
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PL/Perl6 is the first implemented High Level Language (HLL) on PL/Parrot. It loads the bytecode file for Rakudo Perl 6, and
provides wrapper code in PIR which creates a Rakudo compiler object that executes the wrapper code and marshalls data.
<h1>Requirements</h1>
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<li>Operating Systems: Linux, *BSD, or OS X. If you would like to help port PL/Parrot to other OS's, please let us know!
<li>Parrot: 2.5.0 or newer</li>
<li>PostgreSQL: 8.3 or newer</li>
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<h1>Goals</h1>
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<li> Give developers the ability to write stored procedures in PIR, a fast and portable dynamic language.</li>
<li> Give developers the ability to write stored procedures in any language that runs on top of Parrot.</li>
<li> Ease the creation of new Postgres Procedural Languages (PLs) by creating a framework for adding Parrot HLL's to PL/Parrot</li>
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