From: Elaine -HFB- Ashton Date: Wed, 9 Aug 2000 22:11:06 +0000 (-0500) Subject: Amend the description of Perl6. X-Git-Url: http://git.shadowcat.co.uk/gitweb/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=7e14cdc971d7f6611f3715112880396810ecb10e;p=p5sagit%2Fp5-mst-13.2.git Amend the description of Perl6. Subject: [PATCH Perl-5.6.0] perlfaq1.pod Message-ID: <20000809221106.A12246@chaos.wustl.edu> p4raw-id: //depot/perl@6567 --- diff --git a/pod/perlfaq1.pod b/pod/perlfaq1.pod index af4d7cb..1f0a346 100644 --- a/pod/perlfaq1.pod +++ b/pod/perlfaq1.pod @@ -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 O'Reilly's Second Open Source Convenction (also known as the Fourth +Perl Conference, or TPC4) in July 2000, Larry Wall announced that +Perl6 development would begin in earnest. Perl6 was an oft used term +for Chip Salzenberg's project Topaz, but should not be confused with +the new effort to rewrite Perl while keeping the lessons learned from +Perl5 and other software 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?