X-Git-Url: http://git.shadowcat.co.uk/gitweb/gitweb.cgi?a=blobdiff_plain;f=pod%2Fperlfaq1.pod;h=ec61e8b61e746831151715cf03de7520c5360763;hb=22d4bb9ccb8701e68f9243547d7e3a3c55f70908;hp=af4d7cbd04c338e589cbaac04fa434c17654d7e5;hpb=4b19af017623bfa3bb72bb164598a517f586e0d3;p=p5sagit%2Fp5-mst-13.2.git diff --git a/pod/perlfaq1.pod b/pod/perlfaq1.pod index af4d7cb..ec61e8b 100644 --- a/pod/perlfaq1.pod +++ b/pod/perlfaq1.pod @@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ In particular, the core development team (known as the Perl Porters) are a rag-tag band of highly altruistic individuals committed to producing better software for free than you could hope to purchase for money. You may snoop on pending developments via -news://news.perl.com/perl.porters-gw/ and the Deja archive at +nntp://news.perl.com/perl.porters-gw/ and the Deja archive at http://www.deja.com/ using the perl.porters-gw newsgroup, or you can subscribe to the mailing list by sending perl5-porters-request@perl.org a subscription request. @@ -89,24 +89,21 @@ See L for a history of Perl revisions. =head2 What is perl6? -Perl6 is a semi-jocular reference to the Topaz project. Headed by Chip -Salzenberg, Topaz is yet-another ground-up rewrite of the current release -of Perl, one whose major goal is to create a more maintainable core than -found in release 5. Written in nominally portable C++, Topaz hopes to -maintain 100% source-compatibility with previous releases of Perl but to -run significantly faster and smaller. The Topaz team hopes to provide -an XS compatibility interface to allow most XS modules to work unchanged, -albeit perhaps without the efficiency that the new interface would allow. -New features in Topaz are as yet undetermined, and will be addressed -once compatibility and performance goals are met. - -If you are a hard-working C++ wizard with a firm command of Perl's -internals, and you would like to work on the project, send a request to -perl6-porters-request@perl.org to subscribe to the Topaz mailing list. - -There is no ETA for Topaz. It is expected to be several years before it -achieves enough robustness, compatibility, portability, and performance -to replace perl5 for ordinary use by mere mortals. +At The Second O'Reilly Open Source Software Convention, Larry Wall +announced Perl6 development would begin in earnest. Perl6 was an oft +used term for Chip Salzenberg's project to rewrite Perl in C++ named +Topaz. However, Topaz should not be confused with the nisus to rewrite +Perl while keeping the lessons learned from other software, as well as +Perl5, in mind. + +If you have a desire to help in the crusade to make Perl a better place +then peruse the Perl6 developers page at http://www.perl.org/perl6/ and +get involved. + +The first alpha release is expected by Summer 2001. + +"We're really serious about reinventing everything that needs reinventing." +--Larry Wall =head2 How stable is Perl?