From 7034e73857645fece63bcabbb84c1e98076ec72a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Steve Mynott Date: Wed, 20 Apr 2016 06:23:23 +0100 Subject: rename never released star 2016.03.md to be 2016.04.md --- docs/announce/2016.04.md | 74 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 74 insertions(+) create mode 100644 docs/announce/2016.04.md (limited to 'docs/announce/2016.04.md') diff --git a/docs/announce/2016.04.md b/docs/announce/2016.04.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..1a54d15 --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/announce/2016.04.md @@ -0,0 +1,74 @@ +# 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 . + +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 +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 . + +See 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 +, ask on the +mailing list, or join us on IRC \#perl6 on freenode. -- cgit v1.1