On Nov 17, 2005, at 1:55 AM, Brent 'Dax' Royal-Gordon wrote:
BuildSmart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I've visited both these sites, I was unable to find a download for
perl6
I'm not particularly interested in an implementation of it, what I'd
like is the source code for it so I can build it.
Perl 6 is still in the design phase. The only version of it that's
even slightly working is Pugs (linked previously), which implements a
useful subset of the language, but is meant more for experimentation
than production use. We hope to have something more useful within a
year or so--with the all-important grammar engine coming together and
the Parrot runtime getting to the point that Pugs can reasonably emit
code for it, we should be able to bootstrap Perl 6 within a year or
so, giving us a beta release.
Sorry it's taking so long--we really want to get this thing right!
(Note to the rest of the list: the "Status" page on dev.perl.org/perl6
is hopelessly out of date; that should probably be rectified.)
Half rectified.
I updated the parrot/pugs sections by removing the paragraphs there
and pointing instead to the parrot and pugs websites. It's hard
enough to keep -one- webpage updated properly, let alone two. =-)
