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'''Punie''' is a compiler created as a test case for the [[Parrot virtual machine]]. Its goal is to compile [[Perl]] v1 code and thereby exercise Parrot's compiler tools.

==Status==
The project is championed by [[Allison Randal]], though several other Parrot hackers have contributed to the project.  As of the release of Parrot 0.5.1 on Perl's 20th anniversary, Punie was capable of running almost the entire Perl 1 test suite successfully.

==Name==
The name Punie is a [[pun]] on the [[Ponie]] project (an implementation of Perl 5 running on Parrot), on "uni" meaning "1" (Perl 1), and on "puny" meaning something small.  The name was first suggested for an implementation of Perl 1 on Parrot by Allison Randal and [[chromatic (programmer)|chromatic]] in a late-night hacking session [https://archive.today/20040125084444/http://use.perl.org/~chromatic/journal/13871 in August 2003]. It narrowly missed being named Penie.<ref>[http://use.perl.org/~Allison/journal/13961 A rose by any other name... (#13961)] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20110605234532/http://use.perl.org/~Allison/journal/13961 |date=2011-06-05 }}, Journal of Allison (3003), Wednesday August 06, 2003</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://svn.perl.org/viewcvs/parrot/trunk/languages/punie/ Latest version via ViewCVS]{{dead link|date=April 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
*[https://archive.today/20021001235535/http://use.perl.org/~Allison/journal Allison Randal's blog]
*[http://www.oreillynet.com/onlamp/blog/2006/03/inside_parrots_compiler_tools.html How Parrot's Compiler Tools Work]
*[http://www.perl.org/ The Perl Programming Language]

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