On Jan 12, 2008, at 10:07 PM, Bob Rogers wrote:
How about leading with
- "make perl6" now builds a Perl6 executable
as a section of its own?
It's a start, but how about this:
--- begin ---
Parrot 0.5.2 brings a major new feature to users: The ability to build
a perl6 executable.
Parrot has been creating bytecode for years, but the conversion of
these Parrot bytecode, or PBC, files is a relatively new function.
Now, with the pbc_to_exe program, Parrot can compile high-level
languages, such as Perl 6, into PBC and then create a standalone
executable that doesn't need to be run
through the Parrot runtime.
Perl 6 is by no means complete, but the addition of a perl6 executable
makes it easy for Parrot users to play with perl6, find out what Perl
6 is all about, and even join the project team. We'd love to have you
join us.
--- end ---
I think this tells a better story than a list of bullet points. In
fact, we ought to have some narrative atop every release of Parrot
from here on out. I'll volunteer to do so if nobody else will when
those releases come around.
xoxo,
Andy
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