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Rakudo Perl 6
Summary
Rakudo is an implementation of the Perl 6 specification for the Parrot virtual machine, currently in development.
Owner
- Name: Gerd Pokorra
- email: <gerd@fedoraproject.org>
Current status
- Targeted release: Fedora 12
- Last updated: 2009-07-21
- Percentage of completion: 25%
Detailed Description
Perl 6 is a major revision to the Perl programming language, which introduces elements of many modern and historical languages. There are currently multiple implementation projects of Perl 6 underway, the most active developed one is Rakudo, an implementation of Perl 6 for the Parrot virtual machine.
Benefit to Fedora
By offering Perl 6 at the current state Fedora once again proves to be the driving force of innovation.
Scope
Package reviews
How To Test
- Test that rakudo builds on the parrot RPMs provided in Fedora.
- Use the tests included in Rakudo to verify that Rakudo actually works.
User Experience
Rakudo will give developers the possibility to port their programs to the Perl 6 specification. Although Perl 6 is still in development and no official release date has been set, the specification is feature complete and mature. Rakudo has released 17 stable releases so far.
Dependencies
(Note that parrot is a build dependency and not required at runtime.)
Contingency Plan
Drop the rakudo package from Fedora 12.
Documentation
- Wikipedia: Perl 6 and Rakudo Perl
- Official Perl 6 Documentation
- Perl 6 on the Perl Foundation Homepage
- Rakudo Homepage
- Rakudo Documentation
Release Notes
- tbd
Comments and Discussion