in reply to Perl 6 gets some press

i wonder where they got this:
With development releases of Perl 6 expected to emerge this year, and perhaps a production release by around this time next year [...]
i guess by "developement release" they mean some kind of beta release. i wonder, might the release of Perl6 be so close? is this too optimistic?

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i've read the recent threads here on PM about the Perl6 development and follow the Perl6 news, but still... i wonder does the author of this article know something i don't? :)
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:)))))

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Re^2: Perl 6 gets some press
by spinclad (Acolyte) on Mar 09, 2006 at 20:28 UTC
    I somewhat suspect the author heard the standard "by Christmas" timeline and didn't get the joke... But then, we've got an April-Fools'-Day timeline in the works now that could turn out to be either sort of joke ("yes, it's for real. no, really. really, just look here!" | "April Fools!")... just like parrot.

    <update time="Thu Mar 10 07:00 UTC 2006">
    And reality keeps on getting faster... we have a beginning perl6-in-perl6-on-(perl5|pugs) compiler called lrep, which has bootstrapped itself... as of today, 3 weeks and a day remain. Come join the fun!
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