I think another simple answer to the question will be: 1. Perl6 is not coming out yet, and not anytime too soon 2. In the meantime, look forward to be upcoming release of Perl 5.10
Jan Dubois wrote: > On Thu, 13 Dec 2007, Paco Zarabozo A. wrote: > >> On Thu, 13 Dec 2007, Mark Pryor wrote: >> >>> --- 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? >>>> >>> 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. >>> >> 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! >> > > Yes, this is all wrong! :) > > Perl 6 has not finished the initial design phase yet; Larry is still > making changes to the language "specification". You can get check out > the current design documents here: > > http://dev.perl.org/perl6/doc/synopsis.html > > There are *multiple* *partial* implementations of the current spec set, > including: > > Pugs - written in Haskell, most-complete, runs very slowly > KindaPerl6 - written in Perl5, also runs slowly > Not Quiet Perl - runs on top of Parrot, should be the fastest > > Parrot itself, and its compiler tools are also still under development. > > So while you can download various snapshots of these projects to play > around with, they are not ready for serious deployment. And drawing > conclusions about implementation details from any of these projects > makes only limited sense, given that everything is still in flux. > > Cheers, > -Jan > > > _______________________________________________ > ActivePerl mailing list > [email protected] > To unsubscribe: http://listserv.ActiveState.com/mailman/mysubs > _______________________________________________ ActivePerl mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe: http://listserv.ActiveState.com/mailman/mysubs
