The Perl 6 release

The December24 entry in the Perl 6 advent calendar describes the "coming out"of Perl 6. "Of course, she's still just 15. She does somethings really well now. Her communication skills are pretty good, and sheis very polite when she can't understand you. She can carry on severalconversations at once. She's getting pretty good at math, and shows skillin manipulating objects of various sorts. She loves foreign languages, andall those funny characters."

The December 25entry follows with the Rakudo Perl 6 release. "This versionof the compiler targets the v6.c 'Christmas' specification of the Perl 6language. The Perl 6 community has been working toward this release overthe last 15 years."