[doc/announce/2010.08] de-draftified

doc/announce/2010.08

@@ -1,32 +1,37 @@
-It is with [[INSERT SLIGHTLY INAPPROPRIATE SIGN OF HAPPINESS HERE]] that I want
-to announce, on behalf of the Yapsi development team, the August 2010 release
-of Yapsi, a Perl 6 compiler written in Perl 6.
+It is with vertiginous modesty that I want to announce, on behalf of the Yapsi
+development team, the August 2010 release of Yapsi, a Perl 6 compiler written
+in Perl 6.
 
-You can get it here -- [[INSERT ENCOURAGEMENT HERE]]!
+You can get it here -- as a bonus, if you download within 24 hours, the bits in
+your download will be handpainted and signed by nine indefatigable mice from
+northern Belarus:
 
  <http://github.com/downloads/masak/yapsi/yapsi-2010.08.tar.gz>
 
 Yapsi is implemented in Perl 6. It thus requires a Perl 6 implementation to
-build and run. We recommend the 'alpha' branch of Rakudo for this purpose.
-In practice, this means downloading Rakudo Minneapolis (#25) from January
-2010.
+build and run. Both Rakudo Star and the latest monthly release ("Atlanta")
+seem to be fit to the task.
 
-Yapsi is an "official and complete" implementation of Perl 6. [[INSERT SILLY
-RATIONALIZATIONS HERE]]
+Yapsi is an "official and complete" implementation of Perl 6. It's official
+because we stole the "Official Perl 6" rubber stamp and applied it liberally.
+Unfortunately, we also used all the special ink -- please don't tell any of the
+other implementors that. It's complete because we implemented all the parts of
+the synopses that weren't eaten by the team's pet dugong.
 
-Here's how to get Yapsi up and running, once you have it:
-
-* Make sure you have a built Rakudo alpha in your $PATH as 'alpha'.
-* (Optionally) run 'make' for a load-time speedup.
-
-This month's release introduces [[masak will insert things here]].
+This month's release consists of a total refactor of both the runtime and
+the compiler. The Yapsi.pm file is about 100 lines shorter, with the same
+functionality. Lexical variables are now handled more correctly. For a
+complete list of changes, see doc/ChangeLog.
 
 Quite a lot of features are within reach of people who are interested in
 hacking on Yapsi. See the doc/LOLHALP file for a list of 'em.
 
-Yapsi consists of a compiler and a runtime. [[INSERT MORE SILLY THINGS HERE,
-INCLUDING SOMETHING TO THE EFFECT THAT SIC CHANGES OFTEN AND ONE SHOULDN'T
-DEPEND ON IT BEING STABLE]]
+Yapsi consists of a compiler and a runtime. The compiler generates a so-called
+instruction code, which is a code of instructions, for the runtime to run.
+This is fairly common, and nothing to be agitated about. The instruction code
+is called SIC, which is probably slightly less common. SIC is extended and
+completely re-thought on a regular basis as its authors gain experience points;
+so don't expect it to stay the same between two consecutive Yapsi releases.
 
 An overarching goal for making a Perl 6 compiler-and-runtime is to use it as
 a server for various other projects, which will hook in at different steps:
@@ -36,4 +41,7 @@ a server for various other projects, which will hook in at different steps:
 * A syntax checker (sigmund), which will use output from the parser.
 
 Another overarching goal is to optimize for fun while learning about parsers,
-compilers, and runtimes. We wish you the appropriate amount of fun!
+compilers, and runtimes.
+
+Gotta go feed S16 to the team's pet dugong. We wish you the appropriate amount
+of fun!