Perl 6, Early, With Rakudo Star

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."

Comments

Heh

[Adambomb]

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

Re:Heh

[PerfectionLost]

Can Duke Nukem Forever be far behind?

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

Let me be the first to congratulate

[Anonymous Coward]

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

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

Re:Let me be the first to congratulate

[Surt]

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

Huge!

[e2d2]

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.

Re:Does anyone care?

[chromatic]

L O L

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