Just over 2 years ago, Juerd ran a contest who could predict the release date of Perl6. This is a table with the entries:
Cciulla 3 February 2003
Preceptor 9 April 2003
Davis 15 Nov 2003
Fireartist 22 June 2003
Joe++ 26 June 2003
Notromda 14 July 2003
Mikfire 15 August 2003
Jryan August 2003
Valdez 12 September 2003
Roke 14 October 2003
Jlongino 11 November 2003
TStanley 17 November 2003
Zaxo 18 December 2003
Jouke 24 December 2003
Blakem 10 February 2004
Hiseldl 1 April 2004
Charnos 1 April 2004
Talexb 17 April 2004
Joost 27 April 2004
Thelenm 14 May 2004
John M. Dlugosz 6 June 2004
Ehdonhon 14 June 2004
Bukowski 7 July 2004
Jdtoronto 1 December 2004
CLive ;-) 17 March 2005
Flounder99 1 April 2005
Kelan 11 April 2005
Vek 1 July 2005
Abigail-II 6 June 2006
Nefertari 25 June 2006
FeloniousMonk 23 September 2006
Adamsj 11 July 2007
As we can see, only 10 people still have a theoretical chance of winning, although it would surprise me if perl6 gets released before 2006.

In reply to Perl 6 release dates - two years later by Anonymous Monk

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