- Implementation
  + Implemented bytecode annotations
  + Role composition is now aware of multi-subs
  + Unbuffered IO PMCs now autopromote when buffering is necessary
  + Installation parrot binary and libparrot shared library now supported
  + Class registry now respects HLLs
- Compilers
  + IMCC
    - removed keyed string indexing, e.g. $S0[1].
    - removed slice syntax, e.g. $P0[1..2]
    - removed .namespace <ident>/.endnamespace <ident> pair
    - fixed 'new $P0, [classname]' syntax
  + PIRC
    - refactoring of various data structures
    - various bug fixes and updates
    - complete bytecode generation
    - add '-x' commandline option to run compiled code
  + PCT
    - add 'hll' and 'subid' attributes to PAST::Block
    - refactor loop handling code to handle last/redo/next
    - add :pasttype('stmts') and :pasttype('null')
    - improve "scope not found" error message
    - allow PAST::Val nodes to contain block references
  + PGE
    - add "skipkey" option to PGE::OPTable
    - allow spaces before modifiers in regexes
    - add '(' ~ ')' goal matching syntax
    - skip creating a class/grammar if it already exists
- Languages
  + Rakudo
    - improved error mesages in multi dispatch
    - implemented clone method for all objects
    - implemented MAIN sub
    - Unicode versions of infix hyper operators
    - refactored IO.readline

    - basic support for Inf and NaN
    - list and array slices with whatever star
    - hash slices
    - implemented last and redo
    - pointy blocks as terms
    - refactored variable and parameter passing
    - improved assignment semantics
    - improved parsing of type names and subs
    - mostly implemented parametric roles
    - separate types for blocks, subs and methods
    - basic support for submethods
    - implemented Junction autothreading of user code (not builtins yet)
    - eval supports :lang attribute
    - proto makes other subs in scope multis, including in role composition
  + Befunge
    - back to working state
    - ported to pir
  + Pipp
    - add support for predefined constant __CLASS__ and __METHOD__
    - add initial support for static members
    - add support for namespaced constants
    - constants are now handled as package vars
    - variables are now lexical variables
    - add support for superglobals in functions
    - Call the class __constructor when there is one
    - added incomplete support for closures
    - removed support for the alternative parsing strategies
    - added support for 'elsif'
    - added support for 'do-while'
  + HQ9+
    - left the nest and is now at https://github.com/bschmalhofer/hq9plus/
  + Eclectus
    - left the nest and is now at http://github.com/bschmalhofer/eclectus/
  + m4
    - left the nest and is now at http://github.com/bschmalhofer/m4/
  + Lua:
    - add a minimalist user back trace
  + PIR
    - "does" and "morph" VTABLE interfaces are now overridable from PIR
- Miscellaneous
  + Infrastructure
    - 'make smoke' now generates Smolder reports sent to
      http://smolder.plusthree.com/app/public_projects/smoke_reports/8
  + Improved const and null correctness for C function parameters
  + Sped up STRING manipulation (append, chop), improving PGE about 30%
  + BOOK
    - Added sections about Classes, OO programming, and methods.
    - Added information about Annotations, Exceptions, and Handlers
  + STM
    - Removed non-functional STM subsystem