With the Perl 6 RFC deadline fast approaching (this Sunday, Oct. 1, is the RFC freeze), we've seen a huge influx of last-minute submissions, with 38 new and 23 updated RFCs posted yesterday. RFC 300 was one of Simon Cozens' 29 RFCs, titled "use unicode::representation and no unicode".

Nathan Wiger still leads the pack with 36, and Damian Conway, the hometown favorite at these 2000 Olympics, is just barely in the bronze position with 28, but solidly in medal contention, with twice as many RFCs as the fourth place poster.

There's also a brand-new mailing list, perl6-internals-unicode. Its deadline is in two days.

Editor's note: in the last update, we noted that Larry Wall would "vomment" on existing RFCs. Some took that to be a cross between "vomit" and "comment." We are unsure of whether it was a subconscious slip or a typographical error. We are also unsure of whether or not to regret the error.

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