When's the next Rakudo* likely to be out? It sounds as though there are some worthwhile performance enhancements in there, but I've been told not to try updating bits of the * package.
On 7/16/16, zof...@zoffix.com <zof...@zoffix.com> wrote: > # Announce: Rakudo Perl 6 compiler, Release #101 (2016.07) > > On behalf of the Rakudo development team, I’m very happy to announce the > July 2016 release of Rakudo Perl 6 #101. Rakudo is an implementation of > Perl 6 on the Moar Virtual Machine[^1]. > > This release implements the 6.c version of the Perl 6 specifications. > It includes bugfixes and optimizations on top of > the 2015.12 release of Rakudo, but no new features. > > Upcoming releases in 2016 will include new functionality that is not > part of the 6.c specification, available with a lexically scoped > pragma. Our goal is to ensure that anything that is tested as part of the > 6.c specification will continue to work unchanged. There may be incremental > spec releases this year as well. > > The tarball for this release is available from > <http://rakudo.org/downloads/rakudo/>. > > Please note: This announcement is not for the Rakudo Star > distribution[^2] --- it’s announcing a new release of the compiler > only. For the latest Rakudo Star release, see > <http://rakudo.org/downloads/star/>. > > The changes in this release are outlined below: > > New in 2016.07: > + Fixes: > + Mu can now be the result of a Promise > + samewith() now also works on none-multi's > + Many fixes in the area of pre-compilation and installing modules > + count-only and bool-only now are optional methods in Iterators > (only to be implemented if they can work without generating anything) > + IO::ArgFiles.slurp / IO::ArgFiles.eof are fixed > + REPL whitespace and error handling > + CompUnit::Repository::Installation no longer considers `bin/xxx` and > `resources/bin/xxx` the same content address > + min/max on Failures throw instead of returning ±Inf > + NativeCall's is mangled trait no longer ignored for CPPStruct > + Additions: > + Support for new leap-second at 31-12-2016 added > + The "is required" trait on Attributes can now take a Bool or a Str > + IO::[Path,Handle] gained a .mode method which returns the POSIX > file permissions > + Distribution is now a role interface that enables encapsulating IO > used for distribution installation > + CompUnit::Repository::Installation now uses the new Distribution > interface > + Custom repository implementations now supported, including > precompilation > + Efficiency: > + The MMD cache accepts candidates with named parameters if it can. > (This made adverbed slices about 18x as fast) > + Str.samemark is 50x faster > + Str.contains is 6x faster > + Baggy.pick(N)/pick()/roll()/grab() are 6x faster > + Array.List is 5x faster > + List.elems is 4.5x faster > + for/map with 2 arguments is 4x faster (e.g. for @a.kv -> $i, $v { }) > + Str.substr-eq is 4x faster > + List.Bool is 4x faster > + Map eqv Map is 3x faster > + Make "for List.pairs {}" 2.5x faster > + Array.pop is 2.5x faster > + List.AT-POS/EXISTS-POS are 2.5x faster > + Creating arrays with [] is 2.5x faster > + Array.AT-POS/ASSIGN-POS/BIND-POS at least 2x faster for > unreified elements > + Array.DELETE-POS is 7x faster > + Str.starts-with is 2x faster > + Array.shift is 2x faster > + Blob/Buf.AT-POS is 2x faster (underlying method of e.g. "$buf[2]") > + List.STORE is 2x faster (e.g. "my ($a,$b,$c) = (1,2,3)") > + Make "for List.kv {}" 1.8x faster > + Array.push/append is 40% faster > + Str.comb 30% faster > + Map/Hash initializations are now 30% faster > + A slurpy taking a list is 30% faster ("sub a(*@a) { }; a(1,2,3,4)") > + Pair.new is 10% faster > + {}|[]:adverb is 2.5x faster > > These are only some of the changes in this release. For a more > detailed list, see “docs/ChangeLog”. > > The following people contributed to this release: > > Elizabeth Mattijsen, Zoffix Znet, Jan-Olof Hendig, Stefan Seifert, Tom > Browder, Wenzel P. P. Peppmeyer, Pepe Schwarz, Brock Wilcox, Jonathan > Worthington, Aleks-Daniel Jakimenko-Aleksejev, Pawel Murias, Will > "Coke" Coleda, Daniel Green, Josh Soref, Nick Logan, Christian > Bartolomäus, Salvador Ortiz, Altai-man, Jonathan Stowe, Timo Paulssen, > Brad Gilbert, Moritz Lenz, Steve Mynott, David H. Adler, neuron, > ianmcb, Tobias Leich, Matt Oates, Rob Hoelz, Altai-ch, LLFourn > > If you would like to contribute or find out more information, visit > <http://perl6.org>, <http://rakudo.org/how-to-help>, ask on the > <perl6-compi...@perl.org> mailing list, or ask on IRC #perl6 on freenode. > > The next release of Rakudo (#102), is tentatively scheduled for 2016-08-20. > > A list of the other planned release dates is available in the > “docs/release_guide.pod” file. > > The development team appreciates feedback! If you’re using Rakudo, do > get back to us. Questions, comments, suggestions for improvements, cool > discoveries, incredible hacks, or any other feedback -- get in touch with > us through (the above-mentioned) mailing list or IRC channel. Enjoy! > > Please note that recent releases have known issues running on the JVM. > We are working to get the JVM backend working again but do not yet have > an estimated delivery date. > > [^1]: See <http://moarvm.org/> > > [^2]: What’s the difference between the Rakudo compiler and the Rakudo > Star distribution? > > The Rakudo compiler is a compiler for the Perl 6 language. > Not much more. > > The Rakudo Star distribution is the Rakudo compiler plus a selection > of useful Perl 6 modules, a module installer, the most recent > incarnation of the “Using Perl 6” book, and other software that can > be used with the Rakudo compiler to enhance its utility. > > > >
