From 7fcd01928e82a45ac22d006df95115ba38ee288e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Steve Mynott Date: Sun, 16 Oct 2016 11:25:57 +0100 Subject: draft announce --- docs/announce/2016.10.md | 108 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 108 insertions(+) create mode 100644 docs/announce/2016.10.md (limited to 'docs') diff --git a/docs/announce/2016.10.md b/docs/announce/2016.10.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..4989b11 --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/announce/2016.10.md @@ -0,0 +1,108 @@ +# Announce: Rakudo Star Release 2016.10 + +## A useful and usable production distribution of Perl 6 + +On behalf of the Rakudo and Perl 6 development teams, I'm pleased to +announce the October 2016 release of "Rakudo Star", a useful and usable +production distribution of Perl 6. The tarball for the October 2016 release +is available from . + +This is the third 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 2016.10] of the [Rakudo Perl 6 compiler], +version 2016.10 of [MoarVM], plus various modules, documentation, and +other resources collected from the Perl 6 community. + +[release 2016.10]: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rakudo/rakudo/2016.10/docs/announce/2016.10.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: + + * Test.pm now provides bail-out() + * Implemented $?MODULE and ::?MODULE + * Implemented CompUnit::Repository::Installation::installed + * .min/.max can now be called on Hashes + * .succ now increments additional 29 digit ranges, such as Thai digits + * Coercions now work in return types + * Added RAKUDO_EXCEPTIONS_HANDLER env var to control exceptions output + * CompUnit::Repository::Installation now cleans up short-name folders when empty + * All Unicode quotes can now be used as quoters inside qqww/qww + * Added basic Unicode 9 support (NFG changes for latest TR#29 still to do)) + * IO::Handle.new now uses 'utf8' encoding by default + * It's now possible to refer to sigiless parameters inside `where` clauses + * Made Complex.new() return 0+0i + * Added shortname() method to CurriedRoleHOW + +Compiler maintenance since the last Rakudo Star release includes: + + * zef and panda now correctly install on OpenBSD and FreeBSD + * Numerous improvements to content of error messages and addition of new + previously-undetected warnings + * Race conditions and deadlocks fixed + * Large number of Hash, Bag, Baggie BagHash etc. speedups + * Numerous improvements in CUR, offering up to 10x faster module loading + * Many permutations() and combinations() speedups + * Distribution::Path now handles native libraries correctly + * Junctions now work in .classify + * Fixed a memory leak involving EVAL + * Fixed tab-completion issues with non-identifiers in REPL + * Made huge improvement to CUR::Filesystem.id performance + * Many fixes and additions improving JVM backend support + * Removed argument-taking Dateish candidates for is-leap-year, days-in-month, + and day-of-week (were never part of the spec) + * Cool.IO no longer accepts any arguments + * Overflow check has been removed from infix:<**>(int, int) + + +Notable changes in modules shipped with Rakudo Star: + + * DBIish: Add simple Str support for Postgres type 790 (money) + * Linenoise: Remove dependency on Native::Resources + * Pod-To-HTML: Add support for lang="" attribute, ignore .precomp and other changes + * doc: Many documentation additions and improvements (too many to list!) + * json_fast: Don't explode when using to-json on a Num +- * p6-native-resources: Mark this module as deprecated in the ecosystem + * panda: support for prove6 and uninstallation of modules and much else + * perl6-lwp-simple: Make SSL testing optional and more control over character encoding. + * svg-plot: Background color option and bubble plot type added. + +perl6intro.pdf has also been updated. + +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