This and other RFCs are available on the web at http://dev.perl.org/rfc/ =head1 TITLE This Is The Last Major Revision =head1 VERSION Maintainer: David Nicol <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: 5 Sep 2000 Mailing List: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Version: 2 Number: 141 Status: Frozen =head1 ABSTRACT Future perl version numbers will converge on 2 * PI =head1 DESCRIPTION By the end of this committee meeting, we will have a language that is arbitrarily extensible in accordance with decades of computer programming practice. Perl6 is NOT a quick hack done to save implementor time. It is a carefully crafted piece of fine work. It is correct. Having put all this work into it, we would like to see this version stick around a while, in the way of Knuth's TeX language or [pick your favorite historical math figure]'s [particular lasting contribution.] =head1 IMPLEMENTATION Since versioning is a meta-implementation issue, all that is required is that we all agree that stealing TeX's versioning system is a good idea. The first release will be 6, and then each subsequent release may or may not extend a digit. =head1 REFERENCES TeX FAQ
