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Perl 6, Early, With Rakudo Star

Posted by timothy on from the if-you-call-that-early dept.

Perl 6 may have been "finally coming within reach" in 2004, but now it's even closer. Reader rnddim writes "The Perl 6 implementation Rakudo Star has been released today for 'early adopters.' This release of Rakudo is different from the normal monthly compiler releases in that it is bundled with a draft of a Perl 6 book, and several modules. It's not complete, and it's not as fast as it should be, but Rakudo in its current state is proving to be usable and useful. Rakudo Star releases will come monthly or as major features or bugfixes are made. It is available for download at github.com."

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  1. Heh by Adambomb · · Score: 5, Funny

    Calling anything whatsoever that involves Perl 6 'early' is the funniest thing I've seen in weeks.

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    1. Re:Heh by winkydink · · Score: 2, Funny

      Wow. SC2, now Perl 6. Can Duke Nukem Forever be far behind?

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    2. Re:Heh by PerfectionLost · · Score: 5, Funny

      Can Duke Nukem Forever be far behind?

      This actually pushes out their launch date as they have to update all their Perl 5 code.

  2. Let me be the first to say... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Let me be the first to say "congratulations!" to the Rakudo team. This is great news and an important milestone.

  3. Let me be the first to congratulate by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    $$][/^&]l/:^$& :&}::*'%'''^';^;

    (To prove my point, the Perl that powers Slashdot told me I hit the junk filter. The ironing is delicious.)

    1. Re:Let me be the first to congratulate by Surt · · Score: 4, Funny

      Personally, I found that the ironing left my tongue without any functional taste buds.

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  4. Huge! by e2d2 · · Score: 5, Funny

    This is going to be huge! Every application that comes out for the next 10 years will use this I predict.

    Just an FYI: I eat paint chips.

  5. I must have been misinformed. by pushing-robot · · Score: 3, Funny

    I'd heard that Visual C# killed Rakudo Star.

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  6. Re:Does anyone care? by chromatic · · Score: 5, Funny

    L O L

    A subtle but scathing point! I apologize and amend my comment: hundreds of millions of literate people could write useful programs.

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  7. Re:News Forecasting by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    hahaha! In all fairness, teaching a nigger how to read is pretty impressive. Maybe someday, niggers will learn to speak English without a teleprompter.

  8. Re:Does anyone care? by Raenex · · Score: 2, Funny

    In Perl? L O L.

  9. Re:github is a trap by oldhack · · Score: 3, Funny

    Sure. GP is right, and you're wrong.

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