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author | Steve Mynott <steve.mynott@gmail.com> | 2016-04-20 06:23:23 +0100 |
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committer | Steve Mynott <steve.mynott@gmail.com> | 2016-04-20 06:23:23 +0100 |
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diff --git a/docs/announce/2016.03.md b/docs/announce/2016.03.md deleted file mode 100644 index 1a54d15..0000000 --- a/docs/announce/2016.03.md +++ /dev/null @@ -1,74 +0,0 @@ -# Announce: Rakudo Star Release 2016.03 - -## A useful and usable production distribution of Perl 6 - -On behalf of the Rakudo and Perl 6 development teams, I'm honored to announce -the March 2016 release of "Rakudo Star", a useful and usable production -distribution of Perl 6. The tarball for the March 2016 release is available -from <http://rakudo.org/downloads/star/>. - -This is the second post-Christmas (production) release of Rakudo Star and -implements Perl v6.c. It comes with support for the MoarVM backend (all module -tests pass on supported platforms). - -Please note that this release of Rakudo Star is not fully functional with the -JVM backend from the Rakudo compiler. Please use the MoarVM backend only. - -In the Perl 6 world, we make a distinction between the language ("Perl 6") and -specific implementations of the language such as "Rakudo Perl". This Star -release includes [release 2016.03] of the [Rakudo Perl 6 compiler], version -2016.03 of [MoarVM], plus various modules, documentation, and other resources -collected from the Perl 6 community. - -[release 2016.03]: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rakudo/rakudo/2016.03/docs/announce/2016.03.md -[Rakudo Perl 6 compiler]: http://github.com/rakudo/rakudo -[MoarVM]: http://moarvm.org/ - -Some of the new compiler features since the last Rakudo Star release include: - - * Much improved REPL with multi-line support. - * Native string arrays. - * Values in the environment value hash are now allomorphic. - * Blob is now a proper value type. - * Many Time & Memory efficiency improvements including faster accessor/mutators. - * Can now uninstall modules. - * Modules can now be shared between rakudo versions. - * The usual assortment of bug fixes and error message improvements. - -Notable changes in modules shipped with Rakudo Star: - - * Bailador: removed and available in the ecosystem. - * ufo: removed and available in the ecosystem. - * Native::Resources: helper for native code added. - * DBIish: Better Oracle & Postgres support, more GLRish API and many other fixes. - * Shell::Command: deprecated "which". - * Panda: Fix issues with paths containing spaces, '--help' option added etc. - * And much more - -There are some key features of Perl 6 that Rakudo Star does not yet -handle appropriately, although they will appear in upcoming releases. -Some of the not-quite-there features include: - - * advanced macros - * non-blocking I/O (in progress) - * some bits of Synopsis 9 and 11 - -There is an online resource at <http://perl6.org/compilers/features> -that lists the known implemented and missing features of Rakudo's -backends and other Perl 6 implementations. - -In many places we've tried to make Rakudo smart enough to inform the -programmer that a given feature isn't implemented, but there are many -that we've missed. Bug reports about missing and broken features are -welcomed at <rakudobug@perl.org>. - -See <http://perl6.org/> for links to much more information about -Perl 6, including documentation, example code, tutorials, presentations, -reference materials, design documents, and other supporting resources. -Some Perl 6 tutorials are available under the "docs" directory in -the release tarball. - -The development team thanks all of the contributors and sponsors for -making Rakudo Star possible. If you would like to contribute, see -<http://rakudo.org/how-to-help>, ask on the <perl6-compiler@perl.org> -mailing list, or join us on IRC \#perl6 on freenode. |