Perl 6 depends on Java??

What does it mean? Will Perl become a Java extension/module instead of continue 
to be an independent language/compiler/interpreter?? Please tell me i'm getting 
it wrong!

Paco


  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Mark Pryor 
  To: Phillip Richcreek ; [email protected] 
  Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2007 4:40 PM
  Subject: Re: Next version of perl?



  --- Phillip Richcreek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

  > A while back I used to see an occasional question
  > about an upcoming version
  > of perl, version 6 I believe. Is this still in the
  > works or have I missed
  > something? Is version 6 expected to include a perl
  > compiler?
  > 
  > TIA,
  > 
  > Phil

  You can try out Perl6 right now with Fedora 8 or 9 -
  don't remember which. What you will notice right away
  is that perl depends on Java!

  Its a free download and it should be immediately
  usable.

  -- 
  Mark


        
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